Can you keep chickens in Mansfield Township (Burlington), NJ?
Only on larger lots. The zoning code treats chickens as livestock, allows one animal unit (20 chickens) on a lot of at least one acre, and does not allow livestock at all in the R-4, R-5 and C-1 districts.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | 20 chickens per animal unit; one animal unit on at least 1 acre |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Pen or enclosure at least 20 ft from property lines (10 ft with screening) and at least 50 ft from any existing neighboring dwelling |
| Lot size | Min. 1 acre |
| Rule adopted | July 1993 |
| Ducks | Allowed with conditions |
Good to know
- Chickens count as 20 animals per animal unit, so 20 chickens equal one horse or cow.
- Keeping livestock is not permitted in the R-4, R-5 and C-1 districts.
- A fully enclosed pen or barn must give 3 square feet per chicken, or 15 square feet per bird where there is an outside run.
- Separately, § 65-103 limits poultry on parcels under 10 acres to 100 fowl per 40,000 square feet.
What about ducks?
Yes on lots of at least one acre, but ducks count double. One livestock unit equals 20 chickens but only 10 ducks, and each duck needs 6 square feet of enclosed pen versus 3 for a chicken. Not allowed in the R-4, R-5 and C-1 districts.
§ 65-95A, H-I; § 65-7 (Livestock): "in the event that a property contains chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, rabbits or small birds (such as pigeons), the following pen and stable requirements shall apply" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Mansfield Township (Burlington)?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Burlington 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 Burlington County towns
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