Backyard chicken laws in Illinois
8 of the 20 Illinois 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 Illinois cities
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Arlington Heights✗ Not allowedAurora✗ Not allowedBloomington✓ Allowed · 4 hensBolingbrook✗ Not allowedChampaign✓ Allowed · 6 hensChicago✓ AllowedCicero✗ Not allowedDecatur✓ AllowedElgin✓ Allowed · 4 hensEvanston✓ Allowed · 6 hensJoliet✗ Not allowedNaperville✓ Allowed · 8 hensOrland Park◐ Conditional · 8 hensPalatine◐ Conditional · 6 hensPeoria✗ Not allowedRockford✗ Not allowedSchaumburg◐ ConditionalSkokie✗ Not allowedSpringfield✓ AllowedWaukegan✗ Not allowed
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