Can you keep chickens in Township of Logan, NJ?
Only on larger lots. Logan requires at least two acres to keep any fowl, allows three fowl per acre, and puts the birds at least 100 feet from every property line.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | 3 fowl per acre |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | 100 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | Min. 2 acres |
| Rule adopted | April 2019 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- The rule covers any feathered bird, naming chickens, hens, ducks, turkeys and pheasants.
- Farms qualifying under the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964 are exempt from the two-acre floor.
- Each additional animal or bird beyond the base count needs another acre.
- Fowl have to be confined in a proper enclosure and kept from running at large.
- Manure and garbage have to be kept in closed areas 100 feet from any property line.
What about ducks?
Ducks follow the same rule as chickens. Logan needs at least two acres to keep any fowl, ducks included, allows three fowl per acre, and keeps them at least 100 feet from every property line.
§ 59-12; § 59-13: "FOWL Any feathered vertebrate animal, including, but not limited to, chickens, hens, ducks, turkeys, pheasants and/or barnyard-type birds raised for meat or otherwise." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Logan?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Gloucester 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.
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