Bossier Parish, LA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

The Bossier Parish Police Jury regulates livestock keeping in the unincorporated parish through two separate ordinances. Code Section 14-6 makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or keeping swine to permit them within 500 feet of any other residence; the rule exempts miniature pigs kept as house pets. Anyone already keeping swine within that 500-foot buffer when the ordinance was adopted had six months to come into compliance before facing the stated penalties. 00 or up to 30 days in the parish jail, or both, and each day the violation continues is a separate offense; the Police Jury or a specifically damaged neighboring property owner can also seek an injunction.

Section 14-81, in Article III (Livestock), separately bans letting cattle, mules, horses, donkeys, swine, sheep, goats, geese or any other livestock run, roam or be at large anywhere in the parish. 00-per-day feeding and care charge. If the owner is unknown, the sheriff must advertise the impoundment in a parish newspaper and, after 10 to 20 days, may sell unclaimed livestock at public auction. 00, and each animal running at large is a separate offense. The code sets no keeping limit or coop setback for backyard chickens specifically; poultry falls under the general 'any other livestock' language in Section 14-81 governing animals at large.