Can you keep chickens in Town of Hammonton, NJ?
Only in the farm and rural zones. Keeping fowl is an agricultural use, which the Rural Residential district allows as a conditional use capped at 25 birds, and the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts limit farms to flowers, fruit and vegetable crops.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 25 head of fowl in the Rural Residential district |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Required: conditional use approval in the Rural Residential district |
| Coop setback | 50 feet from any lot line; in the Rural Residential district 100 feet from any property line, 200 feet from any street and 500 feet from any dwelling, whichever is greater |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Zoning § 175-87D sets a general rule that no poultry or livestock shelter may stand closer than 50 feet to any lot line.
- A poultry or livestock shelter also has to be at least 50 feet from any dwelling on the same lot.
- The Agricultural Production district allows raising livestock and poultry outright.
- The Animals chapter covers dogs, waterfowl feeding and dog parks. It says nothing about keeping chickens.
What about ducks?
Only as a farm use. In the Rural Residential district Hammonton treats all fowl alike: up to 25 birds, with shelters 200 feet from streets and 500 feet from homes.
§ 175-150C(5)(a): "nor shall any building or fenced run be erected or used for the shelter of more than 25 head of fowl or more than 4 head of other farm livestock in any case." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Town of Hammonton?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Atlantic 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 Atlantic County towns
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