Mixing certain breeds almost inevitably results in green legged birds. An Araucana or Ameraucana (slate/ blue legs so they have the “leg pigment” plus white skin) mixed with RIR or BR or anything with yellow skin will inevitably result in green legged chicks either in the cross or somewhere down the line.
A frequent query we ran across in our research was “Why do some chickens have green legs?”.
Green legs are also common in Old English or pit game stock, again due to the leg pigmentation and yellow skin genes being widely present in these birds. Many backyard mixes out of miscellanous breeds can have several green leggers.
Neither Araucana nor Ameraucana should have green legs. EEs usually do. Another breed is the Green legged partridge fowl (I don’t think one can get them in the US tho). Green legs is simply the visual effect of yellow skin being mixed with another set of leg pigment to create the “green”.
What kind of chicken has bright yellow legs?
I hatched a few chicks a couple months ago and I am just noticing that some have very bright yellow legs, these are mostly buff orp/ameraucana crosses. I had my buff orps and ameraucana as chicks and I don’t recall them having yellow legs.
Is there such a thing as a chicken saddle?
So even though they are not a new thing they are not commonly heard of. The chicken saddle or hen apron (or any variation of the aforementioned) are all names used for the same thing. It is a little ‘apron looking’ little piece of material that is used to put on your hens’ backs to protect their feathers.
If you keep roosters you might want to have some saddles handy. Emergency: Should you have a chicken that has a wound on her back, a saddle can be helpful in protecting her while she heals. This is particularly beneficial if you are unable to segregate the wounded chicken.
What is the hen Saver® hen apron/saddle?
The Hen Saver® hen apron/saddle establishes a high level of protection for your hen against injury and afford prompt healing and feather re-growth to take place in your chickens with existing wounds and feather loss.
You should be asking “What is a hen saddle and how does it work?”
, and good question. The Chicken Chick’s Hen Mating Saddle™, also known as a hen apron. A hen saddle is a piece of material that protects a chicken’s skin and feathers from damage due to rooster over-mating. During mating, a rooster stands on a hen’s back, holding her neck feathers with his beak and steadying himself with his feet.