Can you keep chickens in Mendham Township, NJ?
Yes. Mendham Township's zoning permits keeping animals and poultry, including raising fowl. Housing and runs for poultry must meet the principal-building setbacks for your zone rather than a single flat distance.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes |
| Hens | No numeric limit found |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | Meets the principal-building setbacks of your zoning district |
| Lot size | Subject to district bulk standards |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- This is Mendham Township, not Mendham Borough, which has different (license-based) rules.
- Governed by the zoning chapter, not a dedicated fowl ordinance.
What about ducks?
Probably, but not spelled out. Mendham Township permits keeping poultry and fowl without defining either term or mentioning ducks, so confirm with the township.
Ch. 500, § 500-4: "other farm livestock or poultry may be kept provided that any housing or runs" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Mendham Township?
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
Compare them side by side in the Morris County table.
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