Can you keep chickens in Borough of Haddonfield, NJ?
Yes, with a license. Haddonfield allows four chickens in your first licensed year and eight after that, no roosters, under a $50 annual license capped at 35 borough wide.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 4 chickens in year one, 8 after that |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: $50 annual license from the Backyard Chicken Advisory Committee, approved by the Board of Commissioners, plus training |
| Coop setback | 20 ft from a structure owned by another and used for habitation, occupation or assembly, 5 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Not allowed |
Good to know
- Coops and enclosed runs are allowed in the rear yard only, with a maximum coop area of 100 square feet and a maximum height of seven feet.
- A five member volunteer Backyard Chicken Advisory Committee issues the licenses, runs the training and inspects coops annually or on complaint.
- Chickens may roam the fenced back yard only while a resident 18 or older is present.
- Selling eggs and slaughtering chickens are both prohibited.
What about ducks?
No. Haddonfield bans raising livestock, which its code defines to include ducks, and its only exception is licensed backyard chickens.
§ 69-26 (Raising and keeping of livestock); § 69-27; § 69-29.1: "The breeding or quartering of animals customarily found on a farm, including but not limited to horses, cows, ponies, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks or other fowl, or other farm animals." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Haddonfield?
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.
Chicken rules in nearby Camden County towns
Compare them side by side in the Camden County table.
Ready to keep your flock safe?
Tell us about your animals and your land. We'll design a coop built to last, on-site, just for you.