Can you keep chickens in Township of Hanover, NJ?
Hanover Township allows chickens and other domestic fowl in single-family residential zones, but only on a lot of at least 3 acres with the coop kept 100 feet from every property line.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No numeric cap (gated by lot size) |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | None named |
| Coop setback | Building or enclosure at least 100 ft from all lot lines |
| Lot size | At least 3 acres for chickens or other domestic fowl (5 acres for larger livestock) |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Zoning permits keeping fowl in single-family residential zones subject to the acreage and setback.
- Piggeries are excluded; the rule doesn't apply to house pets.
- This is Hanover Township, distinct from East Hanover.
What about ducks?
Ducks are treated like chickens. Hanover allows chickens or other domestic fowl in single-family zones on lots of at least three acres, kept in an enclosure at least 100 feet from all lot lines.
§ 166-136.2: "an area of at least three acres in the case of chickens or other domestic fowl" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Hanover?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Morris 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 Morris County towns
Compare them side by side in the Morris County table.
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