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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: Madcow on March 04, 2011, 06:30:21 pm

Title: This years lambs in fleeces !
Post by: Madcow on March 04, 2011, 06:30:21 pm

Here are some pics of my homemade fleece jackets for the little darlings, I only give them to the small and weak ones, and if its too rainy they have to either stay in or the jackets have to come off as they are not water proof, next year perhaps new proto-type ??

Title: Re: This years lambs in fleeces !
Post by: Madcow on March 04, 2011, 06:31:32 pm

sorry still not very clever with posting pics  :-[

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Post by: Madcow on March 04, 2011, 06:32:29 pm

last years cheeky monkeys, went up early 1 morning and saw this, very funny ;D

Title: Re: This years lambs in fleeces !
Post by: Madcow on March 04, 2011, 06:33:46 pm

my very clever Mimi, with her 2nd set of triplets  :bouquet:

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Post by: kanisha on March 04, 2011, 08:02:14 pm

love it esp cheeky monkeys! daren't show my lambs those coats they'll all be wanting one!!

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Post by: faith0504 on March 04, 2011, 08:24:48 pm

im  loving your pictures they are so cute  :wave:

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Post by: Tilly on March 04, 2011, 10:22:52 pm

Hi Madcow

----- little sweeties  :sheep: :sheep: :sheep: :love:

 In the past I have  made little jackets for weak lambs too----- out of old woolly socks !!  ;D

Tilly :wave:

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Post by: Cinderhills on March 05, 2011, 10:30:05 am

I love the picture of them in a line. How adorable.  :D

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Post by: Lostlambs on March 05, 2011, 12:17:13 pm

I'd really like to have some of these-were they very hard to make?

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Post by: Fleecewife on March 05, 2011, 01:51:13 pm

Quote from: Madcow on March 04, 2011, 06:30:21 pm

Here are some pics of my homemade fleece jackets for the little darlings, I only give them to the small and weak ones, and if its too rainy they have to either stay in or the jackets have to come off as they are not water proof, next year perhaps new proto-type ??

You could use carrier bags suitably cut to go over the fleecey jackets to make them waterproof - holes for the head and front legs.  A friend has used a posh dog coat for an elderly Soay - looks hilarious but yours are cheaper and look very cute  :). The only problem I can foresee with havingf a waterproof jacket on when it rains is if water trickles down under the jacket, then it will take longer to dry out afterwards.  Other than that I'm sure your jackets will save some little lives  :)

Title: Re: This years lambs in fleeces !
Post by: Madcow on March 05, 2011, 03:05:04 pm

the jackets are very easy to make I will draw a pattern and try to post it on here, really very simple. The lambs only have them on a couple of weeks at most just till (the very over protective fool that I am  :-[) I feel they are feeding well and big enough to be ok in the outside world  :D

Title: Re: This years lambs in fleeces !
Post by: ellisr on March 06, 2011, 09:22:47 am

Being protective is good my prems only went into stable yesterday as I was sure they were feeding well putting on weight and now taking some creep. They were in the home paddock playing with the new lambs born in the last week and a half and they are still smaller but know how to hold there own which is good