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Goats and chickens wearing woolly jumpers to keep warm at Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary, Pattingham, Staffordshire, Britain - 03 Feb 2012
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Chilly Chickens Wrap Up Warm
With temperatures dropping, these chilly chickens have been kitted-out in their very own woolly jumpers.
The well-dressed farmyard animals have been decked out in snazzy jumpers to ward off the winter chill.
Donations of dinky knits for the ex-battery chickens have flooded in to Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary in Pattingham, Staffordshire.
More than 60 individual woolly creations from as far away as Canada have been sent in. after owner Daphne Wain appealed to knitters following a delivery of 14 ex-battery hens.
The chickens arrived traumatised by their previous life, wasted away and with very few feathers, so Daphne appealed for help through her local newspaper - and was inundated with generous jumpers.
"I now have over 60 jumpers between 14 chickens," said grandmother Daphne. "They must be the best dressed chickens in the world. They love wearing the jumpers.
"Being battery hens they had never been outside before we got them. I wish I'd had a camera on them when we first got them."
She continued: "When we let them in the hutch they huddled tightly together because they were scared of all the space. When we first let them out they took several hours to summon up the courage to even take a look outside.
"Now they love going outside, but we can't let them out for too long because even with their cosy jumpers they're not fat enough to keep warm for long periods, especially in the weather we're having at the moment.
"Because of the state they were in they needed the warm coats in order to go outside, and even to keep them warm inside. But they're doing really well, their feathers are starting to grow back and they are becoming more confident."
And mother-of-three Daphne, who has run the sanctuary for over 20-years with her husband Clifford, has been amazed by the rea...
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