Everett, WA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

035 governs livestock and small-livestock keeping in nonagriculturally zoned areas within city limits, for personal household use only, not commercial operations. Chickens: up to six on lots to 10,000 square feet, up to eight on lots 10,000-15,000 square feet, up to ten on lots 15,000-35,000 square feet, plus one additional chicken per 5,000 square feet above 35,000. Other fowl (ducks, geese, turkeys) follow a similar scale (peafowl are banned outright): up to six on lots to 15,000 square feet, up to eight on lots 15,000-35,000 square feet, plus one more per 5,000 square feet above that.

Rabbits and other small livestock (mink and foxes are banned) run six to ten depending on lot size, with a hard ceiling of twelve combined small-livestock animals per 10,000 square feet regardless of species mix. Nursing offspring of rabbits and goats may stay only until weaned, capped at twelve weeks after birth. Livestock generally (horses, cattle, sheep, llamas, goats, swine) is barred in nonagricultural zones except miniature goat breeds (pygmy, Nigerian dwarf, pygora), limited to three per household on lots over 10,000 square feet, capped at 25 inches at the withers or 85 pounds, with males required to be neutered.

030. 040(C), facilities keeping six or more small livestock, or any roosters at all, must obtain an animal-facility license from the city's animal services division; owners under those thresholds are exempt from the facility-license requirement. 060.