Wright County cities set their own hen rules; Buffalo and several neighbors allow a handful of backyard hens with a permit and no roosters. Larger livestock belongs on agricultural land in the townships under county zoning.
Backyard chickens are a city decision here. Buffalo, Monticello, and other Wright County cities that allow hens typically cap them around four to six, ban roosters, require a permit, and set coop setbacks from neighboring homes; coops should be winterized for Minnesota cold. Horses, cattle, goats, and other livestock are not a city-lot use. They belong on agricultural and rural-residential land in the townships, where the Wright County zoning ordinance and its feedlot rules govern animal agriculture. Owners everywhere must keep animals from running at large and keep conditions sanitary, or a loose or nuisance animal can be impounded and cited.
Keeping hens without the required city permit, or keeping a rooster, brings a citation and an order to remove the birds. Livestock at large in unincorporated areas is a nuisance and may be impounded.
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