Can you keep chickens in Township of Pittsgrove, NJ?
Yes, within limits. The code sets no cap on a small backyard flock, but more than 10 birds per acre makes the property an intensive fowl farm, which needs at least 10 acres and site plan approval.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No stated limit below 10 birds per acre |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified for a small flock; site plan approval required for an intensive fowl farm |
| Coop setback | Intensive fowl farms: enclosures and waste storage at least 200 ft from any property or street line |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Rule adopted | Nov 2002 |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Fowl is defined as chickens, turkeys, guinea hens, capons, geese, ducks, swans, ostriches, emus or similar birds.
- A farm means a parcel of five or more acres used for raising crops, livestock, poultry or dairy products.
- The right to farm is recognized throughout the township for parcels of five or more acres.
- Chapter 40, Dogs and Other Animals, and Chapter 109, Nuisances, Public Health, set no limit on keeping fowl.
What about ducks?
Ducks follow the same rule as chickens. Pittsgrove counts ducks as fowl, and more than 10 fowl per acre makes the property an intensive fowl farm, which needs at least 10 acres and site plan approval.
§ 60-4C (Fowl; Intensive fowl or swine farm); § 60-78: "FOWL Chickens, turkeys, guinea hens, capons, geese, ducks, swans, ostriches, emus, or similar birds" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Pittsgrove?
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In an HOA? The town allowing hens is not the same as your association allowing them. What an HOA can and cannot stop.
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