Can you keep chickens in Roxbury Township, NJ?
Yes. Roxbury allows backyard hens on residential lots under 5 acres with a zoning permit, scaled by lot size: up to 3 hens on lots from 15,000 sq ft, or up to 6 on lots of 40,250 sq ft up to 5 acres. Roosters are prohibited.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | 3 hens (15,000+ sq ft) up to 6 (40,250 sq ft–5 acres) |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: zoning permit (plus construction permits for the coop) |
| Coop setback | Rear yard only; 10 ft from property lines and your own dwelling; 40 ft from a neighbor's dwelling |
| Lot size | Min. 15,000 sq ft (7,500 for a certified 4-H project) |
| Ducks | Allowed with conditions |
Good to know
- Coop sized at least 2 sq ft per bird plus a fenced run of at least 4 sq ft per bird; coop capped at 30 sq ft on qualifying lots.
- Run must be fully enclosed with overhead netting and fencing no taller than 6 ft; no free-roaming.
- Droppings collected weekly and kept, with feed, in covered metal containers.
- Zoning, health, and animal-control officers may inspect.
What about ducks?
Ducks need a lot of at least five acres in Roxbury's residential districts, kept in an enclosure at least 200 feet from street lines. The smaller-lot permit allowance applies only to chickens.
§ 13-7.901C, G: "The keeping of any customary farm animal such as horses, ponies, cows, sheep and goats, chickens or other fowl is prohibited on lots less than five (5) acres in size" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Roxbury 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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