Probably the most asked question in my chicken group on Facebook, especially in the spring and early summer, is: how do I know if my chick is a hen or a rooster? It’s a complicated question with ...

Lastly, male chickens have long and pointed saddle feathers that become obvious about three months in. On the other hand, female chickens have rounded saddle feathers.

Different breeds have varying tail feathers, but roosters will always have pointier, longer and showier tail feathers, sometimes with several different colors. Roosters have long saddle feathers, ...

Chicken saddles are fabric "vests" you can put on hens that are suffering from overly, ummm, romantic roosters.

So Baker started selling saddles to protect the hens' tail feathers. And she's not the only one. A quick Google search finds several other shops offering custom-sized diapers and leash-ready saddles.

Adult chickens molt—or lose their feathers—once a year. The process can be stressful for backyard birds.

I remembered visiting a farm where one of the chickens, suffering from the same problem, was wearing a protective covering. We Googled and found what are called chicken aprons, or chicken saddles.

This chicken supposedly grew feathers that produced seamless, natural movements underwater and made for a fly no salmon could resist.

Differences in appearance between male and female—known as sexual dimorphism—chickens are characterized by the presence of dull-colored feathers without fringes in females, while adult males ...

While stylists may use a variety of feathers, such as peacock or hen, it's rooster saddle feathers, or the plumes that grow on the birds' backs, that are most coveted because of their versatile ...

A hen that lost all its feathers at a cramped battery farm has been given a knitted jumper to keep it warm.

Bernstein's inventory of rooster saddle feathers has long been depleted. About three weeks ago, he dusted off a rooster neck with feathers that had been set aside for fly tying classes at the shop.