Can you keep chickens in Borough of Kinnelon, NJ?
Yes, if the setbacks fit. Kinnelon allows up to 12 chickens in a fully enclosed space at least 100 feet from any home and any property line. Roosters or more than 12 birds need a building 400 feet from the street and 300 feet from property lines.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 12 with the 100-ft setback; more than 12 needs the 400/300-ft building |
| Roosters | Crowing roosters only in a building 400 ft from the street and 300 ft from property lines |
| Permit | None stated |
| Coop setback | Up to 12 birds: 100 ft from any dwelling and any property line |
| Lot size | No stated minimum; the 100-ft setbacks need roughly a 1-acre-plus lot |
| Rule adopted | Oct 2013 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- These rules are in the Residential Zone supplementary regulations, amended in 2013.
- The '12 hens / 400 ft' figure we called repealed is current law.
- Birds must be kept in a wholly enclosed space.
What about ducks?
Yes, with big setbacks. Kinnelon's rule covers 'chickens or other fowl,' so ducks share the same limits: up to 12 birds in an enclosure at least 100 feet from any home and property line.
§ 207-14C(2)-(3); § 207-27: "The keeping of 12 or less chickens or other fowl and the keeping of other domesticated livestock, unless in a wholly enclosed space no part of which is closer to a dwelling than 100 feet" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Kinnelon?
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
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