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

Section 7.3.H of the Unified Development Code lets a resident keep up to eight hens per lot in the R-A, R-E, R-1-12, R-1-10, and R-1-7 Districts, but the owner of the hens must actually live in the dwelling on the lot. Roosters are prohibited outright, though a chick of undetermined sex can stay up to six months. The coop itself must sit in the rear yard, provide at least five square feet per hen, sit on an impermeable surface that stops waste runoff, and stay clean, ventilated, and free of vermin and odor; outside the R-A District, hens also need a fenced outdoor enclosure. No hens may be kept inside a dwelling, manure must be composted in enclosed bins, and on-site slaughter is banned.

Section 7.3.P covers everything larger. Horses, cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs are permitted only as an accessory use in the R-A, R-E, and R-1-12 Districts, on a lot of at least one acre, and every horse must be registered with Caddo Parish Animal and Mosquito Control. Livestock enclosures need a building permit, cannot sit in the front or corner side yard, and must be set back 50 feet from any lot line. The parish scales lot area to herd size: one acre covers the first horse or head of cattle, plus 10,000 square feet for each additional one; goats and sheep need 10,000 square feet apiece and pigs 5,000 square feet apiece, with a matching open-space set-aside on top of the base lot-size math.