Can you keep chickens in Borough of Pitman, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• Open to residents of single-family, twin and row homes; HOA or landlord permission must be filed with the application.
• The coop must be in the rear yard, at least four square feet per bird and no bigger than 10 by 10 feet.
• A Code Official has to approve the coop before a license is issued, and inspects it each year.
• No slaughtering on site and no selling eggs under the program.

What about ducks?

Only on larger lots. Pitman's backyard hen license covers chickens only; ducks fall under the general fowl rule, which needs at least one acre, allows three fowl per acre, and keeps them 100 feet from every property line.

§ 5-24.1; § 5-24.2; § 5-25: "Animals and fowl may be maintained on no less than one acre of ground, and not less than 100 feet of any property line. There shall be a maximum of one animal and three fowl per acre" Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Borough of Pitman?

Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Gloucester 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.