Free Chicken Saddle Patterns – Printable PDF Apron Templates
Chicken saddles protect a hen’s back from enthusiastic roosters during mating. Without a saddle, many hens suffer severe feather damage and walk around with bald spots.
This page lists several printable chicken saddle patterns you can download for free and use to make your own chicken saddle.
If you need more info on the usage of chicken saddles, read our chicken saddle 101.
Chicken Saddle Patterns:
- Medium to Large Breeds
- Bantams and Small Breeds
- Large and Extra-Large Breeds
- Wing Protection and Tail Guard
About the patterns:
- For each pattern, you can follow the step-by-step instructions in our visual guide to making your chicken saddle based on the patterns below.
- Each pattern comes with multiple sew-size patterns included. So you have all size options ranging from XS (bantam), S (small), M (medium regular), L (large regular), and XL (giant).
Enjoy the patterns, and don’t forget to tag us with your finished work on Instagram!
1. Chicken Saddle Pattern for Medium to Large Breeds
| Best Use | Regular fowl |
| Sizes | M, L |
| Difficulty | * |
| Print Size | Letter |
| Parts | Saddle |
| Instructions | Chicken Saddle Pattern for Regular Fowl |
This saddle pattern can be used to create saddles for regular-sized chickens such as Leghorns, Araucana, Marans, Polish, and other chicken breeds.
Two sewing pattern sizes are included in the pattern for Medium to Large chickens.
2. Chicken Saddle Pattern for Bantams and Small Breeds
| Best Use | Bantams, Small Chicken Breeds |
| Sizes | Bantam-M, Bantam-L |
| Difficulty | * |
| Print Size | Letter |
| Parts | Saddle |
| Instructions | Chicken Saddle Pattern for Bantams and Small Chickens |
This saddle pattern can be used to create saddles for bantams or smaller chickens such as Silkies, Dutch Bantam, Leghorn Bantam, Sussex Bantam, and other small breeds.
3. Chicken Saddle Pattern for Large and Giant Breeds
| Best Use | Large fowl, Giant Breeds |
| Sizes | M, L, XL |
| Difficulty | * |
| Print Size | Tabloid / Ledger |
| Parts | Saddle |
| Instructions | Chicken Saddle Pattern for Large Breeds |
This saddle pattern can be used to create saddles for bantams or smaller chickens such as Brahma, Orpington, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Sussex, and other large chicken breeds.
The pattern is on Tabloid paper, so you will have to either print large or split the pattern. We explain how you can do that with Acrobat Reader.
4. Chicken Saddle Pattern with Wing Protector and Tail Guard
| Best Use | Regular fowl |
| Sizes | M, L |
| Difficulty | * |
| Print Size | Letter |
| Parts | Saddle, Wing Protection, Tail Guard |
| Instructions | Chicken Saddle Pattern with Wing Protection and Tail Guard |
This saddle pattern can be used to create saddles for regular-sized chickens such as Leghorns, Araucana, Marans, Polish, and other chicken breeds.
The pattern comes with extra wing protection and a tail guard. You can use the wing protection and tail guard separately and adjust to the size of your bird if you are dealing with small chickens, bantams, or larger fowl.
There are several chicken saddles on the market, but it’s easy to create your own chicken saddle based on a chicken saddle pattern. You can repurpose some old clothes or use fat quarters with a print.
