Can you keep chickens in Township of Weymouth, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• § 155-59B allows farm livestock kept as pets or for food only on lots of 2 acres or more, in an enclosure at least 10 feet from each lot line. The code does not define farm livestock, and its definitions list poultry separately from livestock.
• The PVR, R-R and R-1 zones permit general-purpose agriculture other than poultry or swine farms; the code defines general-purpose agriculture as including the raising of poultry. Commercial poultry farms are a conditional use (§ 155-145).
• The R-2 (10,000 sq ft lot) zone lists no agricultural use, and § 155-156 treats any unlisted use as prohibited.
• Animals chapter (Ch. 78) covers dogs, waterfowl feeding, pet waste and wildlife feeding only. Recent 2026 property maintenance ordinances (625-2026, 626-2026) do not mention animals.

What about ducks?

Ducks follow the same rule as chickens, most likely. Farm livestock kept as pets or for food needs a lot of at least 2 acres, in an enclosure at least 10 feet from each lot line; poultry is general-purpose agriculture in the PVR, R-R and R-1 zones.

§ 155-59; §§ 155-158, 155-161 to 155-163: "The keeping of all other farm livestock as pets or for food for personal use is prohibited except within a lot containing two acres or more" Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Township of Weymouth?

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