Can you keep chickens in Borough of Ogdensburg, NJ?
Ogdensburg lets a single-family home keep up to 6 hens (no roosters) for personal use, with a zoning permit for the coop, which must sit in the rear yard within size and setback limits.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 6 (hens only) |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required (zoning permit for all coops and runs) |
| Coop setback | Rear yard only; 15 ft side setback; 75 ft from an occupied adjacent dwelling |
| Lot size | No minimum (any single-family residential lot) |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- § 30-522 caps it at 6 fowl, defined as hens only or ducks, for personal use.
- Coop and run may not exceed 200 sq ft or 6 ft high, and must be separate from the dwelling.
- Manure may not be stored or applied within 10 ft of a property line.
What about ducks?
Yes. Ogdensburg's fowl rule covers egg-laying ducks as well as hens, so the same limit of 6 birds per single-family home and zoning permit for the coop apply.
§§ 30-201 (Fowl), 30-522: "FOWL Domesticated chickens (hens only, no roosters) or ducks kept primarily for egg laying purposes." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Ogdensburg?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Sussex 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 Sussex County towns
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