Yass sheep farmer Rachel Allen has been handfeeding sheep for more than two months to keep them alive through the drought but now faces another problem - newborn lambs being rejected by their mothers because of the low feed.

Ms Allen said mothers rejected lambs more often in the drought so they could look after their own survival.

After losing three lambs to the cold, Ms Allen ordered 10 hand-knitted jumpers for new newborns, kitting them out last week.

Yass farmer Rachel Allen rugs up her day old lambs in hand-knitted jumpers to help them survive the winter during the drought. Credit:Karleen Minney

Ms Allen said she had just 10 bales of hay left and would then have to buy in hay, and was also buying grain. She had sold three horses to get through.