Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Dirk the Jerk. That's what we call him. He's like a porn star on crack. I've never seen anything like it in my life and sorry rabbits, you've got nothing on a rooster with a harem. Any hen is game but he's got one favorite and she apparently is too in need of rent money to tell him no. She doesn't have any kids yet but that's because I issue our own Plan B every morning by way of an omelet. So, getting back to the saddle, I noticed our beautiful hen was missing some of her feathers on her back which I knew meant he was being too demanding. Rather than tell her to move to a better neighborhood or issuing a hit out on Dirk (not quite ready for that experience yet) I decided to order her a saddle to help ward off his 50 Shades of Grey audition tape aspirations. As much as I have tried to condition them to being handled by humans this hen (an Australorp) has always been reticent so I waited until dusk to wrestle her into the saddle. Once she realized I wasn't going to steal her black velvet Elvis paintings she settled into my lap and let me manipulate her wings into this contraption. It took me a bit because I'm overly cautious and only had myself there; if I do it again (and I will, he's bigger, more amorous and the other gals are like "Dude, we got a boyfriend, quit buying us drinks!" He's not falling for it.) I would have someone else hold her and I'd get the saddle on her. It would probably take a minute in that case. In this first installation it took at least 5). My hen has had this saddle on, full time, since I got it 4 months ago and it hasn't budged. It will flip up occasionally if she gets into a skirmish with another hen (he's bad for her but she'll fight to keep him) but as she walks it will flip back down. It's not rubbing on her wings and seems to cause her no discomfort at all. I ordered a LARGE and it fits perfectly as well. She's an Australorp, probably 6-6.5 pounds so Baby Got Back. It hasn't failed her yet.