Can you keep chickens in Readington Township, NJ?
Yes. Readington is very permissive. Raising fowl for personal use is allowed everywhere in the township, with no stated hen limit, no permit, and no minimum lot size. The main rule is a 50-foot setback from property lines.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes |
| Hens | No stated limit |
| Roosters | Not specified (no prohibition) |
| Permit | Not required |
| Coop setback | 50 ft from any property line |
| Lot size | No minimum for personal fowl |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Buildings sheltering fowl are capped at 2,000 sq ft of floor area for the first 10 acres.
- The use must create no nuisance or menace to public health.
- The 50-ft setback rises to 200 ft only for large shelters of 1,000 or more fowl.
What about ducks?
Ducks are treated like chickens. Readington permits raising fowl for personal, educational or recreational use on any size lot, as long as it creates no nuisance or health hazard.
§ 148-51E: "except for the raising of fowl, small animals and livestock for purely personal, educational or recreational purposes, involving no nuisance or menace to the public health" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Readington Township?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County towns
Compare them side by side in the Hunterdon County table.
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