DOWN UNDER OUTDOORS Medium-Large Chicken Saddle with Adjustable Straps, Chicken Apron, Poultry Saver, Pet Supplies, Including Shoulder Cover (Green)

Bought this for a hen at the bottom of the pecking order who was getting harassed by the rooster as well as several dominant hens. She was losing feathers from the harassment. I received this saddle and the shipping was FAST! It was easy to figure out, but there were also instructions just in case, which was helpful. It went on the hen very easily and fit nicely. It stays on her securely even when she is very active and when she gets attention from the rooster. Actually just having it on her seems to dissuade some of the other hens from picking on her. Her feathers are starting to grow back now. She shows no discomfort or anything from wearing it and actually seems to be a little more confident since she is not being harassed so much. ABSOLUTELY worth the money. It seems to be very well made, and sturdy, and easy to clean. If I ever need to saddle another hen I'm 100% buying from this company again. Thanks so much!

I've had chickens for about 14 years. I used saddles about 12 years ago, but they were much different than these. Things change! I have a new flock of chickens that are about 9 months old now, and two of the hens are favorites of my two roosters. I've got 18 girls but these two seem to get more attention than the others. Unfortunately that means that their backs are basically devoid of feathers at this point. My biggest concern is that with naked skin showing, they are subject to mosquitoes, and other biting bugs, Plus being scratched or hurt by the roosters. I chose these particular Saddles because they were a mesh material. I didn't need the Wing protectors, but they came as a set. I thought they were a bit expensive, but the reviews for them were very good. I chose mesh because I live in Central Florida, and it's hot here about 8 months of the year. Plus we get a lot of rain through the summer. I figured that the mesh would allow them to stay cool and dry quickly. No solid material to make them overheat during the summer months. They were easy to put on, although the girls weren't very happy with me! Lol! One girl walked backwards for about 10 minutes, the white one, and scared everybody in the flock!! I think they thought she had lost her mind or something. And the other girl didn't even notice she had it on. Neither one notices they're wearing it at this point. The mesh material is very flexible yet very strong. They are extremely well made, and the snaps are very strong. My girls are mid to smaller size so I used it on the smaller snap size, and it fit fine. I imagine that I will get many years of use out of these. I was hoping that I could buy a two pack of the mesh, but it was only available in size small. I'm not happy at having to spend $26 for two saddles, but what can I say. As I stated earlier my decision was based on it being a mesh material, and being the only such mesh Saddles available that I can find. Overall, I think they are a very good product. They are very well made, and very sturdy. I'm sure that they're very easy to clean if necessary. And they protect the girls backs very well. Very happy with my purchase!

These are pretty much as described. The material is good quality and holds up well under use and cleaning. I certainly do appreciate the video supplied by the company on how to put them on. I will look for other products from them. The 5 stars is for the product, the seller and maker of these saddles. My chicken raising experience however, has left me to believe that if you need these things because of an aggressive or over sexing rooster, you need to get rid of the rooster. When I put this on my chicken, she freaked completely out and all the other chickens did as well. It does take some time for all of them to get used to it. She was attacked by the other chickens, not because they were mean, but I think because they thought she was under attack by something on her back and were trying to help her. Even though the aggression eventually stopped after a few hours, my chicken that had to wear it hated it and never really got used to it. When I took it off for cleaning and was putting it back on, she pecked at it trying to keep me from putting it on. I felt really bad for her. The other thing that I noticed is there was a little chafing under her wings because of the straps. And no, they were not too tight. The little patterns are pretty, but I would offer this advice and what I would do differently: I would get one of a color that matches their feather color as closely as possible. The bright colors seem to draw a lot of attention from the other chickens. I don’t know if it would matter in the long run or not, but it kind of made sense at the time. It was my fault I had to resort to buying these things. I had no intention of getting a rooster when I picked out my chicks, but I got the usual “Tractor Surprise“. I had no intention of hatching eggs either. I did bring the RIR rooster home and tried to raise him not to be aggressive and I went a full year but it just didn’t work. Needless to say, as it is now, I don’t have the need for these saddles anymore (or at this time).

This is a nicely made product. We liked the adjustability and the ease of fitting on to our small hen. She seems comfortable with it and it was a breeze to put on.

I've had these saddles/aprons on a couple of chooks for about a month now, because of no feathers left on their backs from constant rooster attention towards their two favourite hens. The aprons were easy to fit and the girls had no problem quickly getting used to them. They actually seem quite proud of their aprons! The hardest thing was catching the chooks and keeping them still/calm, then the fitting was easy, but I did read the instructions well and played with opening and closing of the clips etc beforehand. I used the standard clip stud fitting first (there is a size adjustment system). One chook needed hers tightened (clip moved to a different stud) due to slipping off one wing after a couple of weeks of wearing it, she's been fine since then. I forgot to insert the optional soft black plastic 'wings' that came with the aprons, but found I haven't needed them anyway (the 'wings' seem to be for stopping the apron from sliding sideways out of place, but I recommend initially trying the apron without them). Occasionally the rear end of an apron is turned upwards after a night jostling on the roost, but then it ends up back in the correct position on its own during the day. Their feathers are starting to grow back properly under the aprons, which is great because I was a bit concerned the tips would continue to be rubbed off. So I'm very pleased with this product, even the colours are nice. A big thank you to the designers and manufacturers.

These saddles work really well, are sturdily made, comfortable and fit both my larger and medium hens. I had a serious problem with my rather splendid Black Orphington cockerel as he wore the feathers off two of my hens and traumatised the one and I was reluctantly thinking I would have to rehome him. However after the hens had been wearing the saddles for a couple of days he has left them alone and they are happy again and don't have to hide from him.

This is Amazing. I bought it to stop my chook ripping out the feathers on her back. It definately works.

These are the best I have used! Stay put and protect to allow feather to grow back. Highly recommend!!