Queen Creek, AZ Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

9, Chickens in smaller lot residential zoning districts, sets the two most common backyard limits. On a single-family detached lot under 10,000 square feet, up to six total chickens are permitted. On a lot of at least 10,000 but less than 35,000 square feet, the limit rises to ten. 2-1, where ten small livestock animals (a category that includes rabbits, ducks, chickens, geese and fowl other than peafowl) equal one animal unit, and roosters specifically are restricted to lots of one acre or larger regardless of the animal-unit math.

Coop placement is spelled out for any lot under one acre: the aviary must sit within the building envelope or the rear half of the lot, and if it is in the rear half it needs a minimum five-foot setback from any property line. Height is capped at six feet, and the structure must be screened by a six-foot-tall block wall. 8, which bars odors, flies, vermin, standing water or manure accumulation that reaches a neighboring property and requires all animal waste to be contained and managed on-site rather than drained off the lot.

Because Queen Creek sits across Maricopa and Pinal counties, the health and sanitation backstop for animal keeping also pulls in whichever county's requirements apply to that parcel, on top of the Town's own standards.