Can you keep chickens in Borough of Wenonah, NJ?
Yes, with a $50 yearly license. Up to 6 hens in residential zones, no roosters, and applicants must take an approved class.
The rules at a glance
| Chickens allowed | Yes, with conditions |
| Hens | Up to 6 hens |
| Roosters | Prohibited |
| Permit | Required: $50 annual license (expires March 1) |
| Coop setback | 5 ft from neighboring homes; 5 ft side and rear buffer; rear yard unless a corner lot |
| Lot size | No minimum stated |
| Rule adopted | April 2022 |
| Ducks | Not allowed |
Good to know
- Article VI, Chickens was adopted 4-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-5.
- § 5-35, amended by the same ordinance, still says fowl may not be kept outside a residence building or within 5 ft of a neighboring lot line.
- The land use chapter bans chicken wire and poultry netting as fence material.
- No slaughter and no commercial use.
What about ducks?
No, not outdoors. Wenonah makes it unlawful to keep live ducks outside a residence building; its license program covers chicken hens only.
§ 5-35; §§ 5-62 to 5-69: "It shall be unlawful to keep live chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons or other fowl and nondomesticated animals outside of any residence building" Duck coops we build.
Building a coop in Borough of Wenonah?
Triano Farms builds custom, predator-proof chicken coops on-site across Gloucester 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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