Computed from 8,789 published municipal codes

Backyard chicken ordinances, town by town

Every town writes its own rules about backyard chickens — keeping hens, coop rules, rooster bans, flock limits. The fastest way to know what YOUR town allows is to ask its code directly. Below: the towns that regulate backyard chickens most, straight from the law itself.

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	Municipality	mentions
1	Lisbon, WI — ask its code →	190
2	Pleasant Hills, PA — ask its code →	157
3	Cedar Falls, IA — ask its code →	155
4	Old Town, ME — ask its code →	127
5	Excelsior Springs, MO — ask its code →	118
6	Shippensburg, PA — ask its code →	116
7	Pleasant Hill, MO — ask its code →	114
8	Newark, NJ — ask its code →	114
9	Churchill, PA — ask its code →	114
10	Sulphur, LA — ask its code →	110

Lisbon, WI leads the country with 190 mentions — see the full ranking.

Forest Hills, PA — Forest Hills allows chickens but specifically bans roosters.

“Chickens Permitted; Roosters Prohibited.”

Ch. 2 (Animals)

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