Catoosa County, GA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Section 2.05.00 sets Catoosa County's backyard hen rules for Residential Zoning Districts: up to eight female chickens on lots under one acre, or up to 12 on lots of one acre or more, with no roosters permitted at all. Every coop must be a roofed structure with at least four square feet of interior space per chicken, paired with a fenced run providing at least eight square feet per chicken, fenced on the sides and roofed on top. Coops and runs must sit in the rear yard only, never the front or side yard, and free-roaming chickens are barred entirely.

Subsection B.5 bans ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, pheasants, quail and all other poultry or fowl from residential districts outright, and Subsection B.9 requires every coop and enclosure to sit at least 25 feet from any property line and 50 feet from any adjacent residential or business structure. Chickens are for personal use only: selling chickens, eggs commercially, manure, or breeding for sale is prohibited, as is any advertising signage for those activities. In the A-1 Agricultural district, Section 2.05.00.E lifts the numeric cap entirely, subject only to the feed-storage and nuisance rules. Section 2.06.00 separately bars livestock from every zoning district except A-1, PCFD and R/A, unless Section 2.05.00 already covers the animal.