How often do you remove your hens saddles?

[gritsar]

I have one hen wearing a saddle. Don't know what it is about her and my roo.
She wore her saddle for about two weeks the first time. She walked around backwards for the first two days before she got used to it. I finally took it off of her when she and it got wet and it was cold.
Left it off of her for two days and put it back on last night.
This morning she's back to walking around backwards again, trying to walk out of it. She's slammed her body good a few times.
I really don't want to take it off of her again if she's going to act this way every time I put it back on. So how long can I leave it on her? She doesn't really get it all that dirty.

 

[chookchick]

Silly chickens! You could make another one, so that you can swap them out for cleaning, and she won't have to get used to it again all over. She could even have different patterns for different seasons, or holidays!

 

[gritsar]

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Yeah, I need to get busy on sewing her some more. She just puts up such a fuss, even to get the saddle on. Poor girl hates the sight of me now. She sees me, she starts squawking.