Backyard chicken laws in Alaska

9 of the 11 Alaska cities we’ve verified allow backyard chickens outright; the rest allow them conditionally by zone or lot size. Select your city for hen limits, permits, setbacks, and the official code.

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All Alaska cities

Click your city for hen limits, permits, setbacks, and the official code — verified and cited.

Anchorage✓ Allowed Fairbanks✓ Allowed · 18 hens Homer✓ Allowed Kenai◐ Conditional · 12 hens Ketchikan✓ Allowed Kodiak✓ Allowed Palmer✓ Allowed · 5 hens Seward✓ Allowed · 5 hens Sitka◐ Conditional Soldotna✓ Allowed Wasilla✓ Allowed

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