Chicken Sweaters

[mylilchix]

My mom emailed me this morning with a link from a wonderful woman in the UK who is rescuing hens from the egg laying factories. These poor girls are in really bad shape, so this wonderful woman is knitting chicken sweaters to keep them warm since they've lost the majority of their feathers. She has the pattern on her website, so I wanted to share it in the event any of you would like to make some for your hens. Enjoy!!
http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/jumpers.aspx

Sonja

 

[SilverM0on]

wow... thats nice
these poor chickens must indeed be cold
the one in the picture barely has any feather i bet she enjoy the sweater

 

[Damsel]

Thank you for sharing! Very sweet!

 

[mylilchix]

You're welcome. It's a wonderful cause, but also an awesome sweater!
Sonja

 

[Tikkajazz94]

Thanks. I love them. Im sending it to a friend! she knits like crazy, she might be intersted!

 

[DTchickens]

more cold air their exposed to, Faster they put feathers on...

 

[tiki244]

I like the pictures of the transormation after they been rescued

 

[MullersLaneFarm]

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Yup. We took delivery one winter on one year old hens from an organic egg laying facility. They were bald. We set up a few lamps in the hen house, but they were free to go in and out of the coop. We did have a few die on us, but most grew in their feather pretty darn quick