Can you keep chickens in Township of Piscataway, NJ?
Piscataway has no ordinance authorizing backyard chickens. Poultry is treated as farming governed by zoning, not a residential accessory use, so confirm with the township before keeping hens.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Unclear |
| Hens | Not specified |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | No poultry permit exists |
| Coop setback | Not specified |
| Lot size | Not specified |
| Ducks | Same unclear rule as chickens |
Good to know
- The animals article only prohibits chickens and other animals from running at large.
- The right-to-farm chapter recognizes farming subject to zoning and livestock restrictions.
- No residential-hen provision exists; check with Piscataway zoning.
What about ducks?
Piscataway's code treats chickens and other fowl the same way: it only says they may not stray or run at large. It sets no specific backyard limit for either, so ask the township before keeping ducks.
§ 5-21.1: "cattle, swine, sheep, goats, chickens, fowl, domestic rabbits or other domestic animals to stray or run at large within the limits of the Township" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Piscataway?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Middlesex 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 Middlesex County towns
Compare them side by side in the Middlesex County table.
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