Can you keep chickens in Township of Pilesgrove, NJ?
Yes, within limits. There is no cap on a home flock, but the coop has to be at least 100 feet from every property line, and more than 50 birds per acre makes the property an intensive fowl farm needing conditional use approval.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified for a home flock; conditional use approval required for an intensive fowl farm |
| Coop setback | Poultry shelter at least 100 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Ducks | Not addressed in the code |
Good to know
- Any farm with more than 50 head of fowl per acre (under 25 acres) or over 5,000 head of fowl is an intensive fowl or livestock farm.
- Intensive fowl or livestock farms are allowed only in the AR and RR Districts as a conditional use.
- A farm means at least five acres used for agricultural purposes.
- Chapter 56, Animals, covers dogs and animal nuisances only, and Chapter 220, Sanitary Code, adds no poultry limit.
What about ducks?
Probably treated like chickens, but Pilesgrove's code regulates 'poultry' and 'fowl' without defining them or naming ducks. Confirm with the township before getting ducks.
§ 145-23; § 145-8 (Intensive fowl or livestock farm): "no poultry or livestock shelter (excluding dog runs or other shelters for household pets) shall be erected, used or located closer than 100 feet to any property line" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Pilesgrove?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Salem 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 Salem County towns
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