Can you keep chickens in Township of Winslow, NJ?

The rules at a glance

Good to know

• Chickens fall in the small animals and fowl class along with geese, ducks, rabbits, turkeys, pigeons and pheasants.
• Shelter is figured at two square feet per small animal and fenced area at 65 square feet per small animal.
• Coops, shelters and fencing must be in the rear or side yard, never the front yard, and the keeping must be accessory to an active residential or agricultural use.
• Commercial chicken or turkey farms are not allowed anywhere in the township.

What about ducks?

Only on larger lots. Winslow's barnyard fowl rules name ducks, so ducks need the same one-acre minimum and 12-animal-per-acre cap as chickens.

§ 82-2 (Barnyard fowl); § 82-4: "These fowl include but are not limited to chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea hens, pigeons, pheasants, quail, chukar, and other common fowl." Duck coops we build.

Building a coop in Township of Winslow?

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.