Backyard chicken laws in Pennsylvania
0 of the 20 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania cities
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Allentown✗ Not allowedAltoona◐ ConditionalBethlehem◐ Conditional · 6 hensChester✗ Not allowedDuBois◐ ConditionalEphrata◐ ConditionalErie✗ Not allowedGreensburg◐ ConditionalHarrisburg◐ Conditional · 10 hensHazleton◐ Conditional · 10 hensLancaster✗ Not allowedMcKees Rocks✗ Not allowedNew Castle? UnclearPhiladelphia✗ Not allowedPittsburgh◐ Conditional · 5 hensPottsville✗ Not allowedReading◐ ConditionalScranton◐ ConditionalWilkes-Barre✗ Not allowedYork✗ Not allowed
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