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[Closed] Lambs wearing red plastic bags!?

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Anyone else seen this? Don't remember it from previous lambing seasons. Is it to keep them warm?


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 12:37 pm
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been around for years.
Not such a big thing darn sarth really.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3616467.stm


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 12:39 pm
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You wouldn't have seen them wearing red bags last year, last year's colour was blue 😀


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 12:42 pm
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Yes, LambJacs or some such name, keeps them dry and warm. More trouble than they're worth IME (put them on one lamb and the ewe bolted in horror).


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 12:42 pm
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Up in Caithness this year they appear to be clear.


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 12:51 pm
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seen blue ones for years, keeps the bad weather off them and gives them a better chance of survival


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 12:52 pm
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Also foxes can't be bothered with the wrapped lambs. Haven't seen any around our way, but it has been pretty dry recently.


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 1:03 pm
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Foxes are terrible snobs and will not consider packaged meat!

Edit. Beaten to it 🙁


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 1:12 pm
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So the Welsh can track them down in the fields more easily?


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 2:17 pm
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There's a joke to be made here about rustling.


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 3:39 pm
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If they've been exposed to foot and mouth they might be carriers.


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 4:08 pm
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Mine wears a monogrammed blanket. Replaced a red dog jacket that it rapidly outgrew!


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 4:15 pm
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i passed a woman cycling through shepherds bush this morning with a tesco carrier bag on her head?


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 4:16 pm
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I'm Contract shepherd and I don't bother with them, bit of tar on the back of the necks keeps most things away. But they are mainly to keep them dry/warm


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 5:16 pm
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I use them on my lambs as they're tiny Shetlands and cold and foxes are the biggest threat. They do look ridiculous though, as the jackets are sized for bigger lambs really.


 
Posted : 18/04/2012 10:01 pm