Author Topic: has anyone got newborn lambs at the moment? (Read 2471 times)

Crossways · « **on:** January 16, 2015, 07:22:31 am »

I'm a little bored at the moment and have some fleece material left over from making something else.
So I thought I might make some lamb jackets just for the fun.

I'd like to do a range of sizes so this is where I need you lot.

If you can state the breed, measure the length of the lambs back from the base of the neck to the tail head and around its rib cage from just behind it's front legs.

TIA

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2015, 10:51:39 am »

The problem is, they grow! And the more they grow, the harder they are to catch!

The little plastic jackets will rip and fall off if you aren't able to catch a lamb to remove it, but a fleecey one wouldn't grow with the lamb and would become constricting in a very short space of time.

Unless I've got completely the wrong end of the stick?

Ladygrey · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2015, 11:08:06 am »

I have relatively new lambs at the moment, 1 week old and 2 weeks old.

However they would never need a jacket and are not remotely catchable and are running around the fields like deer, also they are growing so very fast that jackets would only fit for a day or two.....

Sorry!

Crossways · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2015, 02:15:35 pm »

I just want them for the first day or two. We have coats for the calves made by the vet and the benefits are great. Just want it in case I get a weak or ill lamb and just for fun!

Ladygrey · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2015, 02:20:27 pm »

Sounds fun, I hope you find some lambs! you may find more around spring time

Dogwalker · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2015, 04:12:57 pm »

They can be helpful for weak orphans. I cut the sleeves off an old lambswool jumper to make jackets for a pair of day olds a local farmer gave me to look after. Only needed them for a few days till they perked up a bit.

BALLOCH · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2015, 08:43:01 pm »

I have cut the toe out of chunky socks for weak lambs that are sometimes a wee bit early,after a few days they no longer need,but are in a pen ,they work well and add extra warmth