Can you keep chickens in Township of Waterford, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• The table covers properties from 0.5 acres up to less than 5 acres.
• Coop size scales with flock size, from 6 square feet for 1 to 3 birds up to 24 square feet for 12.
• No free-range birds; all coops and runs must be fully fenced and roofed.
• Owners must tell the Animal Control Officer within 10 days of a rapid die-off.

What about ducks?

Yes, on residential lots of half an acre or more. Waterford's rule covers chickens and ducks together: up to 12 birds depending on lot and coop size, a free permit from the Municipal Clerk, 25-foot coop buffers, and no roosters.

§ 176-48C: "Chickens and ducks are permitted on Residential Zoned lots in accordance with the following table: Properties between 0.5 acres up to less than five acres shall be permitted to have up to 12 chickens or ducks" Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Township of Waterford?

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