Backyard hens are a city-by-city question in Sarpy County. Bellevue permits up to seven hens with a permit; Papillion and La Vista prohibit them. Roosters are banned everywhere urban, and livestock belongs on agricultural-zoned land.
Whether you can keep chickens in Sarpy County depends entirely on which city you are in. Bellevue allows up to seven hens with a permit, no roosters, with the coop in the backyard only and at least ten feet from property lines. La Vista bans backyard chickens outright, and Papillion has repeatedly voted the idea down, most recently in early 2026, so hens are not permitted there. Roosters are prohibited across the urban cities. In unincorporated Sarpy County, poultry and larger livestock, cattle, horses, and goats, are allowed on agricultural-zoned parcels with adequate acreage and setbacks from neighboring homes. HOAs may bar poultry even where a city permits it.
Keeping hens where a city prohibits them, or a rooster anywhere urban, draws a correction order and removal, with nuisance fines for coops that are dirty, smell, or attract pests.
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