Backyard chicken rules, city by city

How many hens you can keep, whether you need a permit, and how far the coop has to sit from the fence. We add new cities all the time.

Alabama

AthensHens OK AuburnCheck rules BirminghamCheck rules FlorenceCheck rules HooverCheck rules HuntsvilleHens OK MobileHens OK MontgomeryHens OK Mountain BrookHens OK OpelikaHens OK Vestavia HillsCheck rules

Arizona

GilbertCheck rules GlendaleHens OK GoodyearHens OK KingmanHens OK MaricopaCheck rules MesaHens OK PeoriaHens OK PhoenixHens OK Prescott ValleyHens OK PrescottCheck rules Queen CreekHens OK ScottsdaleHens OK TucsonHens OK YumaCheck rules

Arkansas

BentonCheck rules BentonvilleHens OK FayettevilleHens OK Little RockHens OK RogersHens OK SearcyHens OK SpringdaleCheck rules

California

AnaheimHens OK AntiochHens OK BakersfieldHens OK BerkeleyHens OK CarlsbadHens OK ChicoHens OK Chula VistaHens OK ClovisCheck rules ConcordHens OK CoronaHens OK Costa MesaHens OK DowneyHens OK Elk GroveHens OK EscondidoHens OK FairfieldHens OK FontanaHens OK FremontHens OK FresnoCheck rules FullertonHens OK Garden GroveHens OK GilroyHens OK GlendaleHens OK HaywardHens OK Huntington BeachHens OK IrvineHens OK LancasterHens OK Long BeachHens OK Los AngelesHens OK MenifeeHens OK Mission ViejoCheck rules ModestoHens OK Moreno ValleyHens OK MurrietaHens OK OaklandHens OK OceansideHens OK OntarioCheck rules OrangeHens OK OxnardHens OK PalmdaleHens OK PasadenaHens OK PomonaHens OK Rancho CucamongaHens OK ReddingHens OK RichmondHens OK RiversideHens OK RosevilleHens OK SacramentoHens OK SalinasCheck rules San BernardinoHens OK San BuenaventuraHens OK San DiegoHens OK San FranciscoHens OK San JoseHens OK Santa AnaHens OK Santa BarbaraHens OK Santa ClaraHens OK Santa ClaritaHens OK Santa CruzHens OK Santa MariaHens OK Santa RosaHens OK SeasideHens OK Simi ValleyHens OK StocktonHens OK SunnyvaleHens OK TemeculaHens OK Thousand OaksHens OK TorranceHens OK VallejoHens OK VisaliaHens OK Yuba CityHens OK

Colorado

AuroraHens OK Colorado SpringsHens OK DenverHens OK EnglewoodHens OK EvansHens OK Grand JunctionHens OK GreeleyCheck rules LongmontHens OK LovelandCheck rules ParkerHens OK PuebloHens OK SeveranceCheck rules ThorntonHens OK WestminsterHens OK

Florida

Georgia

AlbanyCheck rules AlpharettaHens OK AtlantaHens OK BrookhavenHens OK BufordCheck rules CalhounCheck rules CantonCheck rules CarrolltonCheck rules ConyersCheck rules MaconHens OK RoswellHens OK SavannahCheck rules SnellvilleHens OK StatesboroHens OK StockbridgeCheck rules TiftonCheck rules

Idaho

AmmonHens OK BoiseCheck rules Coeur d'AleneHens OK Idaho FallsHens OK KunaCheck rules PocatelloHens OK Post FallsHens OK Twin FallsHens OK

Illinois

AuroraCheck rules BellevilleHens OK BloomingtonHens OK ChampaignCheck rules ChicagoHens OK ElginHens OK Glendale HeightsCheck rules Hoffman EstatesCheck rules JolietCheck rules NapervilleCheck rules Oak LawnCheck rules PeoriaCheck rules RockfordCheck rules

Indiana

Crown PointCheck rules ElkhartCheck rules EvansvilleHens OK Fort WayneCheck rules IndianapolisHens OK KokomoCheck rules MartinsvilleCheck rules MishawakaCheck rules Terre HauteHens OK West LafayetteHens OK

Iowa

AmesHens OK AnkenyHens OK Des MoinesHens OK DubuqueCheck rules GrimesCheck rules Sioux CityHens OK UrbandaleHens OK West Des MoinesCheck rules

Kansas

Kansas CityHens OK LeawoodCheck rules LenexaHens OK ManhattanHens OK MerriamCheck rules MissionHens OK OlatheHens OK Overland ParkCheck rules Prairie VillageHens OK Roeland ParkHens OK ShawneeHens OK WichitaHens OK

Kentucky

LexingtonHens OK LondonHens OK LouisvilleCheck rules PaducahHens OK

Louisiana

Baton RougeHens OK LafayetteHens OK New OrleansHens OK ShreveportHens OK

Maryland

BaltimoreHens OK

Massachusetts

BostonHens OK CambridgeHens OK WorcesterCheck rules

Michigan

Battle CreekHens OK DetroitHens OK FlintCheck rules Grand RapidsHens OK HollandHens OK KalamazooHens OK KentwoodHens OK LivoniaCheck rules MuskegonHens OK Norton ShoresHens OK PortageHens OK SaginawHens OK WalkerHens OK WarrenCheck rules WyomingHens OK YpsilantiHens OK

Minnesota

AndoverHens OK BlaineHens OK Brooklyn CenterHens OK Brooklyn ParkCheck rules EaganHens OK Golden ValleyHens OK MinneapolisCheck rules MoorheadHens OK Prior LakeCheck rules RochesterHens OK St. PaulHens OK

Mississippi

BrookhavenHens OK JacksonHens OK Olive BranchCheck rules

Missouri

Blue SpringsHens OK Dardenne PrairieCheck rules GladstoneHens OK HazelwoodHens OK Jefferson CityHens OK Kansas CityHens OK Lee's SummitHens OK O'FallonCheck rules RaytownHens OK SpringfieldHens OK St. CharlesHens OK St. LouisHens OK St. PetersHens OK WentzvilleCheck rules WildwoodHens OK

Nevada

HendersonHens OK Las VegasCheck rules RenoHens OK

New Jersey

Jersey CityHens OK

New Mexico

AlbuquerqueHens OK Los Ranchos de AlbuquerqueCheck rules

New York

AlbanyHens OK BrooklynHens OK BuffaloHens OK IthacaHens OK ManhattanHens OK New YorkHens OK QueensHens OK RochesterHens OK SchenectadyCheck rules SyracuseCheck rules Valley StreamHens OK YonkersCheck rules

North Carolina

BurlingtonCheck rules CharlotteHens OK ClaytonHens OK DurhamHens OK FayettevilleHens OK Fuquay-VarinaHens OK GreensboroHens OK HickoryHens OK LexingtonCheck rules MonroeHens OK MooresvilleCheck rules New BernHens OK RaleighCheck rules Wake ForestHens OK Winston-SalemHens OK

Ohio

CincinnatiHens OK ClevelandHens OK ColumbusHens OK DaytonHens OK FairfieldCheck rules HamiltonCheck rules MansfieldCheck rules MiddletownHens OK North RidgevilleCheck rules ParmaCheck rules Shaker HeightsHens OK ToledoHens OK

Oklahoma

LawtonCheck rules Oklahoma CityHens OK TulsaHens OK

Oregon

BeavertonHens OK EugeneHens OK Grants PassHens OK GreshamHens OK PortlandHens OK SalemHens OK

Pennsylvania

BethlehemHens OK ErieCheck rules MechanicsburgHens OK PhiladelphiaCheck rules PittsburghHens OK State CollegeHens OK

South Carolina

AikenHens OK CharlestonHens OK ChesterCheck rules ColumbiaHens OK ConwayCheck rules EasleyCheck rules FlorenceCheck rules GreenvilleCheck rules LancasterCheck rules North CharlestonCheck rules Rock HillCheck rules

Tennessee

ChattanoogaHens OK ClarksvilleHens OK CookevilleCheck rules FranklinCheck rules Johnson CityHens OK KnoxvilleHens OK MaryvilleCheck rules MemphisHens OK NashvilleHens OK OaklandHens OK SeviervilleCheck rules

Texas

Utah

Cedar CityHens OK Eagle MountainCheck rules LaytonHens OK LehiHens OK LoganCheck rules MillcreekHens OK MurrayCheck rules Pleasant ViewHens OK ProvoHens OK RoyHens OK Salt Lake CityHens OK SandyHens OK Saratoga SpringsCheck rules West Valley CityHens OK

Virginia

CharlottesvilleHens OK ChesapeakeHens OK LynchburgHens OK Newport NewsCheck rules RichmondHens OK RoanokeHens OK Virginia BeachHens OK WilliamsburgCheck rules WinchesterHens OK

Washington

Wisconsin

MadisonHens OK MilwaukeeHens OK

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