"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

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Friday, January 17, 2025

Goat Coats ~ Helping Others

 


I'm not sure how these survived in a tote this long, but these goat coats were taken to an area animal sanctuary yesterday.  I actually found one more after I took the photo to send to them.  Anyway, the zebra coats were made and sewn by myself.  I know, I am shocked myself.  I can still see the baby goats (kids) running around looking like baby zebras, ha ha!

I dug out my Mom's sewing machine and got to it one day.  The pink one (store bought) was for our very first female Lamancha goat.  The zebra ones were cut from old pajamas from the kids (recycled I should say).  I sewed velcro straps on,  and wah-la, goat coats for the kid goats when it was cold out.

The temperatures here are to dip into a brutal cold spell starting Monday, and the sanctuary has many goats, and kid goats.  They asked the public for help, and we decided to give them all 4 goat coats. 

We have no plans to raise dairy goats again, but we do have the means  (and  know how)  to do it, if we decide to do it again.  I can always sew new coats, so we are not sad to donate them.  We are glad we can help them.

Goat Coats ~ Helping Others © January 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

8 comments:

Leigh said...

What a great thing to do. Those coats for kids are so helpful when it's really cold. I figure I'd rather have them put their energy into growing rather than trying to stay warm. I can just picture kids in zebra coats!

🌻 Debby 🌻 said...

Goodness how adorable those baby goats must have looked. I have not ever seen this so I looked it up and saw some pretty cute images of goats in coats. What a sweet thing to do!

Anne in the kitchen said...

I have never heard of goat coats but would love to see kids in the zebra ones.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Leigh, when we had the zebra ones on the kids one year, I got a good laugh every trip to the barn. So cute! Yes, the coats really help them stay warm.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Anne in the kitchen, they were so cute in the zebra coats. Ah, good memories for sure.

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Debby, the coats really help the little kids when they are born during a cold spell or early spring when it can be cold as well. Thanks.

Betsy said...

Goat coats! I love it! How fun to see them running and around and I'm glad they will keep some little kids warm in this cold snap. It's already dropped about 40 degrees her in the last 5 hours. I just took Zoey out for her bedtime potty time and just about froze. And it's just going to get worse.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy

Pioneer Woman at Heart said...

Betsy, I'm glad we could help them. I do miss raising goats, but I get that my husband doesn't want the extra work. We do have a lot to do around here yet in the way of home repairs/updates, new raised beds and more. You may be getting the cold temps before us. They are telling us that Alaska will be warmer than us next week.