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FedUpWithIt All

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10. We used a homemade fleece chicken apron/saddle when our hen's backs went bare.

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 12:24 PM

Feb 2013

It worked very well. It also entertained company to see hens happily running around with rainbow stripes on their backs The only hens that we had trouble with were the buff orps. Their feathers seemed more delicate and they were ALWAYS the boys favorites.

The fleece would be the typical apron shape but had a slit cut for each wing and the tail. It was a great material because it has some flexibility but still retains shape. The roos could mount the girls and their backs were protected and their feathers returned. It will also keep your unfeathered birds warm until they come in.

Ours was cut very similar to the style at the following link.

http://www.oldnicholsfarm.com/2009/12/saddle-up_09.html

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can you disarm a rooster? [View all] mopinko Jul 2012 OP

Yes. WARNING GRAPHIC EXAMPLE!!!!!! HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1

yeah, i figured as much. mopinko Jul 2012 #2

I don't know. LWolf Jul 2012 #3

I wouldn't bother - in 25 some years of keeping chickens, hedgehog Jul 2012 #4

Plymouth Rock Roosters (Barred Rocks) don't have spurs, bvar22 Jan 2013 #5

Awesome! HealUS Dec 2013 #13

Unfortunately, "Rocky" met an untimely death in the mouth of a dog... bvar22 Dec 2013 #14

"Just A Love Machine" HealUS Dec 2013 #15

Insensitive? HealUS Dec 2013 #16

Hi, HealUS. bvar22 Dec 2013 #18

sorry to hear that bvar. mopinko Dec 2013 #17

I have a broody hen that has hatched several clutches. LWolf Jan 2013 #6

My rooster is mean and huge womanofthehills Jan 2013 #7

You can keep many roosters in line if you behave as an alpha. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #8

thought i would update this- mopinko Feb 2013 #9

We used a homemade fleece chicken apron/saddle when our hen's backs went bare. FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #10

my buffs are the faves, too. mopinko Feb 2013 #11

Mine were totally fine with them FedUpWithIt All Feb 2013 #12

Yes we tried those too fasttense Jan 2014 #19

That's interesting. Ours never even tried to remove them. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2014 #20

I bought some saddles with sunflowers embroidered on them womanofthehills Jan 2014 #21