Backyard chicken laws in Alabama
0 of the 20 Alabama 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 Alabama cities
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Alabaster✗ Not allowedAthens✗ Not allowedAuburn◐ Conditional · 6 hensBessemer◐ ConditionalBirmingham◐ ConditionalDecatur✗ Not allowedDothan✗ Not allowedEnterprise✗ Not allowedFlorence✗ Not allowedGadsden✗ Not allowedHomewood◐ ConditionalHoover✗ Not allowedHuntsville◐ ConditionalMobile◐ ConditionalMontgomery◐ ConditionalOpelika◐ Conditional · 10 hensPhenix City◐ ConditionalPrattville◐ Conditional · 8 hensTuscaloosa◐ ConditionalVestavia Hills✗ Not allowed
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