Lodi, CA Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

08 of the Lodi Municipal Code splits animals into three categories: domesticated animals, livestock and wild animals. 025. That section caps poultry at five birds per residential lot, with no more than two ducks, and limits permissible birds to female chicken hens, ducks and quail; male poultry animals of any kind are banned outright. Keeping is restricted to home consumption only, not commercial sale. Feed must be contained to avoid attracting rodents and vermin, coops and runs must sit in the rear yard (never the front yard), and enclosures must be secure enough to prevent both escape and entry by predators such as dogs, coyotes and raccoons; birds must be locked in a predator-proof structure at night.

020. The animal control officer, operating out of the Lodi Police Department's animal section, enforces these limits and can investigate complaints about excess birds, escaped livestock or unsecured coops.