{
 "answer": "In the Rural community of Beausoleil, New Brunswick, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by By-Law 2018-02: By-Law to Adopt the Rural Plan of the Cocagne Rural Community (predecessor of Beausoleil), verified 2026-09-27. Max hens: fifteen (15) hens including other similar species.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003049",
 "municipality": "Beausoleil",
 "status_type": "Rural community",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://mairie-beausoleil.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 2018-02: By-Law to Adopt the Rural Plan of the Cocagne Rural Community (predecessor of Beausoleil)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-06-26",
   "document_url": "https://www.krsc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cocagne-Plan-Rural-copie-officielle.pdf",
   "summary": "Permits 'hobby farming' as a secondary use in the Residential (R) and Multi-Family Residential (RM) zones: pasture and shelter for up to 15 hens (or similar species) or up to 2 livestock at 1 per 4,000 m2 of lot, a market garden up to 6,000 m2, and no poultry house, hog barn or slaughterhouse. Larger-scale livestock/poultry raising and beekeeping are",
   "discovered_by": "nb-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "307f17554e4d35eb7da4267c2f57d4cf66cbaeb3f74ce8863903215f43bf28fb",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:03:51+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2018-02",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/307f17554e4d35eb7da4267c2f57d4cf66cbaeb3f74ce8863903215f43bf28fb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "fifteen (15) hens including other similar species",
    "livestock_rule": "hobby farming: a maximum of fifteen (15) hens including other similar species or a maximum of two (2) livestock, at a ratio of 1 livestock for each 4000 m2 of lot area"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "3.1.1; \"(ii) a hobby farm\"; \"a maximum of fifteen (15) hens\"",
    "max_hens": "\"a maximum of fifteen (15) hens including other similar species\"",
    "livestock_rule": "\"a maximum of two (2) livestock at a ratio of\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/beausoleil/backyard-hens/bylaw-2018-02/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/beausoleil/backyard-hens/"
}