Can you keep chickens in Township of Gloucester, NJ?
Yes, with a license. Single family homes may keep up to six chickens and no roosters under a $10 annual license, and the township issues a maximum of 20 licenses at a time.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 6 hens |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: $10 annual license from the Township Clerk, plus a class on raising chickens |
| Coop setback | 20 ft from a neighboring dwelling, 5 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Allowed with conditions |
Good to know
- Only residents of single family homes may apply, and the coop and run must sit in a rear yard fenced at least four feet high.
- Coop and run together may not exceed 80 square feet, and the coop may not be taller than five feet six inches.
- Chickens may not roam outside the coop or enclosed run.
- No slaughtering on site and no selling eggs.
What about ducks?
Only on larger lots. Gloucester Township's backyard license covers chickens only; other fowl such as ducks fall under the farm-use rules, which bar fowl on parcels under one acre.
§ 500-422E(1)(a); Ch. 48: "No fowl or livestock may be kept on parcels of land less than one acre in area." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Gloucester?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Camden County and all of New Jersey, sized to your flock and built to your town's rules.
In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
New to this? Start with how to raise chickens in NJ, or what a coop costs.
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