Why Chicken/Hen/Rooster/Duck Saddles?
Use a chicken saddle/hen saddle or chicken apron/hen apron to allow feather growth while also protecting your birds from the nails and spurs of roosters. Chicken/Hen/Duck/Turkey/Rooster saddles -- also called aprons or feather protectors -- are used to help prevent feather loss from over-mating or feather pecking.
Make your own saddles to protect hens' backs from roosters; prevent feather loss and cuts and gashes that can lead to picking, cover areas of feather loss and wounds to promote healing and feather re-growth; and provide potential protection against hawks by reducing their ability to grasp chickens.
Sizes Included:
Extra Small -- Running Ducks (<2 lbs)
Small -- Bantam Breed Chickens (2 lbs)
Medium - Larger Bantam Breeds & Young Large Fowl Breeds (2-4 lbs)
Large -- Most Standard Chickens (4-7 lbs)
Extra Large -- Large Standard Chickens (7-10 lbs)
XX Large -- Larger Standard Chickens & Turkeys (10+ lbs)
Downloadable PDF pattern includes all six sizes and illustrated instructions.
Uses: Chicken Jackets, Chicken Saddles, Hen Apron, Chicken Apron, Hen Saddles, Feather Fixer, Feather Protector, Duck Saddles, Rooster Saddle and many more!