Can you keep chickens in Village of Ridgewood, NJ?
Ridgewood allows hens with a Division of Health permit, but roosters are prohibited. Flock size is limited by coop space, and coops must sit 50 feet from a neighbor's home and 10 feet off any property line.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Density-based (1 bird per 3 sq ft of floor, including the run) |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required (Division of Health) |
| Coop setback | 50 ft from a neighbor's dwelling; 10 ft from property lines; 200 ft from food establishments |
| Lot size | Not specified |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- Coops need concrete or raised floors, roosts and drop boards, and weekly droppings removal.
- Keeping poultry for sale is not authorized, and no fowl may run at large.
- Licenses run for the calendar year and are inspected quarterly.
What about ducks?
Yes, with a permit. Ridgewood defines poultry to include ducks, so ducks need the same Division of Health permit and follow the same coop rules as hens.
§ 105-1 (Poultry); § 105-18: "POULTRY Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl, pigeons, pheasants" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Village of Ridgewood?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Bergen 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.
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