Backyard chicken laws in West Virginia
0 of the 20 West Virginia 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 West Virginia cities
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Beckley✗ Not allowedBluefield✗ Not allowedBridgeport✗ Not allowedCharleston◐ Conditional · 6 hensClarksburg◐ Conditional · 20 hensDunbar✗ Not allowedElkins◐ Conditional · 6 hensFairmont◐ ConditionalHuntington◐ ConditionalHurricane◐ ConditionalMartinsburg◐ ConditionalMorgantown◐ Conditional · 2 hensMoundsville◐ Conditional · 6 hensNitro◐ ConditionalOak Hill◐ Conditional · 6 hensParkersburg◐ ConditionalSouth Charleston✗ Not allowedVienna◐ Conditional · 4 hensWeirton✗ Not allowedWheeling◐ Conditional
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