Can you keep chickens in Township of Kingwood, NJ?
Kingwood has no backyard-chicken ordinance. Poultry keeping is permitted as agriculture with no hen limit or permit, but any poultry shelter must be at least 100 feet from every lot line.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No numeric limit (permitted as agriculture) |
| Roosters | Not restricted |
| Permit | None specified for keeping |
| Coop setback | Poultry or livestock shelter at least 100 ft from any lot line, and 100 ft from any dwelling on the same lot occupied by someone other than the farm operator |
| Lot size | Large-lot rural/agricultural zoning; no poultry-specific minimum |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- The Animals chapter covers only dogs, cats, wildlife feeding, and cruelty, so poultry is handled by the zoning accessory-use rules.
- Agriculture and farming are recognized uses; the township also has a Right-to-Farm chapter.
- The 100-ft shelter setback is the one hard number in the code.
What about ducks?
Unclear. Kingwood sets a 100-foot setback for poultry and livestock shelters but never defines poultry or mentions ducks, so confirm with the township.
§ 132-50C: "No poultry or livestock shelter shall be erected nearer than 100 feet to any lot line." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Kingwood?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County towns
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