Can you keep chickens in Town of Guttenberg, NJ?
Unclear. Guttenberg bans keeping chickens and roosters when it is for sale or transfer for people to eat, but the code says nothing about a few hens kept for your own eggs.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Unclear |
| Hens | Not specified |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Not specified |
| Lot size | Not specified |
Good to know
- § 3-21 names chickens, roosters, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigs and lambs, and prohibits that use in every zone in town.
- The ban is written around storage, receipt, delivery, harboring, maintaining or keeping live animals for sale or other transfer for later human consumption.
- Searches of the whole code for fowl, poultry, hens, livestock and coop turn up nothing else on keeping birds at home.
- Chapter 5, Animal Control covers dogs and cats.
Source: Town of Guttenberg Code (eCode360), § 3-21, Keeping of certain live animals prohibited (view the ordinance)
Verified 2026-09. Ordinances change and zoning can differ by district; always confirm the current rules with the Town of Guttenberg clerk or zoning office before you build.
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