Can you keep chickens in Randolph Township, NJ?
In Randolph, fowl (chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys) are permitted on properties of 3 acres or more, kept in a fenced enclosure no closer than 35 feet to any property line. There's no hen-count limit, but the 3-acre minimum rules out most small lots.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | No head-count limit (governed by acreage) |
| Roosters | Not specified |
| Permit | Not specified |
| Coop setback | 35 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | Minimum 3 acres for fowl |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- "Home agriculture" (poultry products for household use) is permitted in all zones, but the explicit acreage-and-setback standard sits in the Rural Residential district section.
- General nuisance rules on noisy animals may apply.
- Residents have petitioned to lower the 3-acre minimum to 1 acre.
What about ducks?
Ducks are treated like chickens. In Randolph's Rural Residential district, chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys are allowed on properties of three acres or more, confined in an enclosure at least 35 feet from any property line.
§ 15-13.1.B.4.d: "Fowl limited to chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys shall be permitted on properties of three acres or more provided that they are kept under sanitary conditions and confined at all times within a fence, enclosure or structure" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Randolph Township?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Morris 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 Morris County towns
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