[OhLaLa]

I've heard mixed views - are the plastic lamb jackets (usually in packets of 25) worth getting?

 

[Fleecewife]

We had a few free samples a few years ago and used them on Jacob lambs in wet weather, just for a few days.  You can't put them on until the lamb is clean, dry and the couple bonded.  I would say that if you have only a few ewes then it is more economical to make your own out of a thick plastic bag - oblong, four holes towards the corners, put it on over the lambs back with a leg in each hole.

[Hazelwood Flock]

I use them with great success, if the ewe gets a bit spooked by the red ones, I have clear ones which she can see her offspring through. I do find that they only stay on the average lamb 3-4 days as they literally burst out of them! they are excellent for small lambs to keep the chill wind and rain off their little bodies.
Here's Bryony with her twins all togged up....

[kanisha]

toooooo cute!

[jaykay]

Oh what a sweet picture 

Depends where you live how useful lamb jackets are.  They protect against wind and rain, so if you live at 1000ft in Cumbria, as I do, they are lifesavers! If you lived in Kent maybe less necessary?

One packet won't cost much and of course they don't eat anything and you can use them next year too. Or use bread bags, though your photo won't look as cute then 

[SallyintNorth]

We use them routinely in wet / cold weather; as others have said, they burst off in a few days.  You can get large and standard sizes; some of our large singles need the large but the standard really seem to be big enough for almost all.  Some very tiny lambs need a much smaller one - not sure if you can get them; our local agri merchant doesn't have them.

We now only use the clear ones, having had a handful of cases of very aggressive rejection of a lamb wearing an orange one.  I would be concerned about the same reaction to a home-made-from-carrier-bag solution, although I applaud the idea.    One of the very aggressive ewes beat up (and really beat up) another ewe's lamb wearing an orange mac, which was the point at which we abandoned using them, since carefully ensuring that mum is happy with orange-macced baby was not, apparently, protection for it from being beaten up.

We do get the odd ma who won't accept her baby in a clear one, but so far haven't had a ewe trying to kill someone else's lamb wearing one.

[feldar]

We use them and don't get any problems. we like the red ones cause when they rip off or mum removes them we can find them easily in the field and pick up the bits.
We lambed some llanwenogs  and found them a bit big so trimmed them up. Our first year we used large sandwich bags and cut leg holes in them, my friends thought it very funny and called them boil- in- the- bag- lamb.

[Cinderhills]

Thanks for posting the pic.  There are no words to describe how cute they look!

[Penninehillbilly]

I use them with great success, if the ewe gets a bit spooked by the red ones, I have clear ones which she can see her offspring through. I do find that they only stay on the average lamb 3-4 days as they literally burst out of them! they are excellent for small lambs to keep the chill wind and rain off their little bodies.
Here's Bryony with her twins all togged up....

Are you sure they aren't toy lambs, look like a 'teddy bear' type of toy to me 
(have to keep having another look they look so cute)

[Hazelwood Flock]

that's Greyface Dartmoors, they are very cute! It's a shame their ears droop when I tag them but they soon pop up again.
Here's another one in his cold weather gear...


and one without a jacket....

[Anke]

They are just beyond cute!

[Cinderhills]

I can't take anymore cuteness, I will explode!!

[feldar]

I sooo want one!

[Fleecewife]

They look absolutley lovely     What is the fleece like, hardiness, lambing etc?

[Hazelwood Flock]

The fleece is lustre longwool, coarse and used for carpets mainly. The sheep are very docile, and withstand the great British weather without batting an eyelid. They do take a lot of feeding, but my lot lamb by themselves and do their lambs very well!