Can you keep chickens in Township of Warren, NJ?
Warren allows up to 6 fowl (plus 4 per extra acre) with no roosters, only on lots of 1.5 acres or more in four rural/large-lot zones, with coops set back 50 ft from homes and lot lines and no free-ranging.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 6 fowl on the minimum lot, plus 4 for each additional acre |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | None specified |
| Coop setback | Coop at least 50 ft from any door or window of a residence and 50 ft from any property line; waterproof floor required; no free-ranging |
| Lot size | Minimum 1.5 acres; permitted only in the R-65, ECR, CR-130/65, and EP-250 zones |
| Ducks | Same rules as chickens |
Good to know
- "Fowl" covers chickens, turkeys, pigeons, ducks, and geese.
- Fowl may be kept for home use or incidental sale.
- Farmland-assessed properties are exempt from this subsection.
What about ducks?
Only on 1.5 acres or more. Warren's fowl rule names ducks, so ducks share the chicken limits: 6 birds plus 4 per extra acre, only in four large-lot zones, with coops 50 feet from homes and property lines and no free-ranging.
§ 16-5.37 (Ord. No. 12-22): ""Fowl" shall be defined as chickens, turkeys, pigeons, ducks, geese or other undomesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh." Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Township of Warren?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Somerset 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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