Lamb macs

Grassman said:

Do they work nowadays?
The ones I last used were not a success but this was many years ago. I guess designs have changed now.

http://www.shearwell.co.uk/p/119/protective-slip-on-lamb-macs

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Sierra Lama said:

Yes, tremendous things, Lammac we use by the box full. Don't consider Nettex ones they are useless. When we had the nasty spell of cold snowy windy lamb killing weather a couple weeks back we bagged everything in the shed even. Made a hell of a difference the lambs were lovely and toasty.

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Sierra Lama said:

Haha funny this should pop up, Lammacs used to be good but as mentioned above they have become an absolute waste of money. All other brands the same. This year I approached a local plastics firm to make some form myself, still biodegradable but we altered the ingredients in the plastics which they extrude themselves. I had 10,000 made up and advertised on FB on various sheep related groups. I have sold out within 5 days. This year was somewhat of a trail to see if we could make something worth buying and to get some feedback..next year I will Start production earlier and advertise properly. Dry Back Macks is what I have named them..keep a eye out

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Sierra Lama said:

Haha funny this should pop up, Lammacs used to be good but as mentioned above they have become an absolute waste of money. All other brands the same. This year I approached a local plastics firm to make some form myself, still biodegradable but we altered the ingredients in the plastics which they extrude themselves. I had 10,000 made up and advertised on FB on various sheep related groups. I have sold out within 5 days. This year was somewhat of a trail to see if we could make something worth buying and to get some feedback..next year I will Start production earlier and advertise properly. Dry Back Macks is what I have named them..keep a eye out

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tr250 said:

So when they fall off do they disappear or all end against the fence. Also I presume they have some plastic in them so is micro plastic an issue?

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Aspiring Peasants said:

We’re using these for the first time this year. Very pleased so far, more robust and thicker than the usual ones. Only drawback you can’t see the lambs number

https://www.farmsense.com/sheep-care/63-lamb-macs.html

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Alistair said:

Bit of a shame these are out of stock.

Ordered some Shearwell hopefully they are good. Last year bought a box of Lambmac total rubbish

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