Can you keep chickens in Township of Morris, NJ?
Morris Township prohibits keeping fowl on less than 3 acres as a nuisance. On 3 or more acres you may keep up to 20 fowl, adding an acre for each additional 20, with the coop set back 50 feet from lines and neighbors.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 20 fowl on the first 3 acres, plus 1 acre per additional 20 fowl |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | None named (enforced by Health Department and zoning) |
| Coop setback | Housing at least 50 ft from any property line and 50 ft from any dwelling on adjoining property |
| Lot size | Minimum 3 acres for fowl (5 acres if both animals and fowl are kept) |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Keeping fowl on less than 3 acres is deemed a prohibited nuisance.
- Manure may not be piled within 100 ft of a neighboring dwelling.
- This is Morris Township, distinct from the Town of Morristown and Morris Plains.
What about ducks?
Ducks are treated like chickens. Morris Township bans keeping poultry or other fowl on lots under three acres; three acres allows up to 20 fowl, with housing at least 50 feet from property lines.
§§ 514-18, 514-19: "Keeping or maintaining fowl shall require three acres for the first 20 fowl and an additional acre for each additional group of 20 fowl or fraction thereof." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Morris?
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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