Can you keep chickens in Lopatcong Township, NJ?
Lopatcong lets you keep up to 4 fowl on a lot under 3 acres (unlimited at 3+ acres), kept fenced with no free-ranging. Crowing roosters need at least 5 acres.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 4 fowl under 3 acres; no limit on 3+ acres |
| Roosters | Crowing roosters prohibited on any tract under 5 acres |
| Permit | None |
| Coop setback | Coop at least 20 ft from any property line, in the side or rear yard |
| Lot size | 3 acres for unlimited fowl; 5 acres for roosters; no minimum for up to 4 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- All fowl must be kept in a fenced area with no free-ranging, and confined to the coop when unattended.
- Coop must have a moisture-impervious floor and be waterproof, ventilated, and vermin-free.
- Prohibited in townhomes, condos, and common-element communities; farmland-assessed lots exempt.
What about ducks?
Yes. Lopatcong's fowl rule names ducks, so ducks follow the same limits: 4 birds on lots under 3 acres, no limit at 3 acres or more, kept fenced with no free-ranging.
§§ 101-31, 101-32: "FOWL Chickens, turkeys, pigeons, ducks, geese or other undomesticated birds kept for their eggs, flesh or insect/tick control." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Lopatcong Township?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Warren 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 Warren County towns
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