Backyard chicken laws in Minnesota
8 of the 21 Minnesota 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.
How many hens can you keep?
All Minnesota cities
Click your city for hen limits, permits, setbacks, and the official code — verified and cited.
Apple Valley✗ Not allowedBlaine✓ Allowed · 6 hensBloomington✓ Allowed · 4 hensBrooklyn Park✗ Not allowedBurnsville◐ Conditional · 4 hensCoon Rapids✓ Allowed · 6 hensDuluth✓ Allowed · 5 hensEagan◐ Conditional · 5 hensEden Prairie◐ Conditional · 4 hensEdina✓ Allowed · 4 hensLakeville◐ Conditional · 3 hensMankato✓ Allowed · 4 hensMaple Grove◐ ConditionalMinneapolis✓ Allowed · 30 hensMinnetonka◐ ConditionalPlymouth◐ Conditional · 6 hensRochester◐ Conditional · 3 hensSaint Cloud◐ ConditionalSaint Louis Park◐ ConditionalSaint Paul✓ Allowed · 15 hensWoodbury◐ Conditional · 6 hens
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