The saddles are to stop the backs being ripped by the over-enthusiastic boys largely. Old Warren has a padded one with wing guards to keep her warm as well as scratch free....she is still irresistible to them.
Poultry suppliers often sell them, and they can usually be bought off eBay, too.
The...
Scruffy?.....absolutely not....they look lovely.
THIS is scruffy.
The poultry saddle covers the worst.....completely bald, and has been this day for best part of a year. She will soon be 6 and that is ancient for a production brown (who still lays 5 eggs a week).