Bonner County, ID Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Section 12-336 lists Agriculture as permitted in all nine districts, and its notes decide what animals are allowed. In the Suburban column the row carries notes (11), (12) and (13). Note (12) allows chickens and rabbits: roosters are prohibited, with up to 10 chickens, rabbits or a combination on a lot or parcel of less than 1 acre, up to 30 on lots between 1 and 3 acres, and up to 50 on lots greater than 3 acres. Enclosures and coops must sit at least 20 feet from all property lines and from any residence other than the owner or renter on lots up to 3 acres, and at least 50 feet on larger lots.

Chickens and rabbits need a predator resistant enclosure during daytime hours and a predator resistant, covered coop or enclosure at night, and they must stay on the same lot as the landowner or renter or on an adjacent lot. Note (13) covers bees, livestock, farm animals and domestic fowl (turkeys, ducks and geese): the lot must contain a minimum of 3 acres, with 2 animal units for the first 3 acres and 1 additional animal unit per acre thereafter, and total animal units cannot exceed 20 no matter the acreage.

Feeding areas, cages, pastureland and enclosures cannot be closer than 40 feet from any residence other than the owner or renter, hives need 25 feet from all property lines and those residences, and waste cannot be stockpiled or composted within 50 feet of a property line or residence. Swine, unneutered male goats, guinea fowl, peafowl, ostrich, emu, buffalo, yak and beefalo are prohibited, with one potbellied pig as the exception. Beekeeping operations must be registered with the State Department of Agriculture. The Forestry, Agricultural/Forestry and Rural columns carry no animal notes in the table, while the Commercial, Industrial, Rural Service Center, Recreation and Alpine Village columns carry note (1), limiting agriculture to growing and harvesting of crops.