Unincorporated St. Lucie County permits up to five backyard chickens for personal use through its Backyard Chicken Program on qualifying residential lots. Port St. Lucie does not allow backyard chickens.
The county's Backyard Chicken Program allows up to 5 chickens on occupied single-family residential properties in RE-1, RE-2, RS-2, RS-3 and RS-4 zoning districts in the unincorporated county. Chickens are for personal use only: birds, eggs, feathers and manure may not be sold, and chickens may not be bred or slaughtered. A predator-proof, well-ventilated, clean coop is required. The program excludes the River Park community and any incorporated municipality with its own rules. Roosters and larger livestock fall under agricultural zoning, not this program.
Keeping chickens outside the program's zoning districts or exceeding the limit is a code-compliance violation handled by St. Lucie County Code Compliance.
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