Can you keep chickens in Borough of Totowa, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• No runs are allowed. A wire porch on the coop is allowed if it sits at least 1 foot off the ground and extends no more than 4 feet.
• The license runs to January 1 and cannot be transferred. The application needs a sketch of the property and the number of birds.
• Coops must meet the building code, have a moisture-proof floor and be kept clean. Manure must be stored in covered metal containers or another approved way.
• Fowl may not be kept inside a home or run at large.

What about ducks?

Yes, with a license. Totowa's rules cover 'live chickens, pigeons or other fowl,' so ducks share the hen terms: a Board of Health license at $1 per bird, no more than 10 fowl, and coops 25 feet from neighboring doors and windows.

§§ 425-6 to 425-9: "No person shall have or keep in his possession any live chickens, pigeons or other fowl without first having obtained a license from the Board of Health." Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Borough of Totowa?

Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Passaic 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.