Posted on 09/30/2019 2:29:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
If you've been sweating your way through the past few muggy weeks, it may seem impossible for you to remember a time when it was actually cold enough outside to warrant hats and scarves. But on June 24, a dairy farmer in Ireland tweeted out a pic of one of his calves sporting baby pink earmuffs, and the internet went wild.
"So it turns out ear muffs for calves to stop them getting frostbite are a real thing," wrote Twitter user @ThisFarmingMan_.
The post has since been liked 171,000 times and garnered more than 30,000 responses. But this isn't the first time we've seen baby cows sporting earmuffs like these.
This past February, a story about earmuffs for newborn calves began circulating after Holly Poad, the owner of Triple P Farm in Lone Rock, Wisconsin, posted about the solution her and her aunt, Kim Ewers, had come up with for their own cows.
The idea came to Poad after her family lost their barn in a fire. Poad was desperate for a way to keep her newborn calves from getting frostbite and invested in calf jackets and a pair of calf earmuffs. In order to save money, she asked Ewers — who owns an embroidery business — if she could sew some additional pairs. Ewers ran with the idea, coming up with the design that would eventually become Moo Muffs.
"The pair she was talking about was just fleece," Ewers told KWQC. But Ewers was afraid that if the fleece got wet, the earmuffs might actually end up damaging the calves' ears. So in addition to the fleece, Ewers added a water-repellent material to the outside and also included adjustable straps.
Poad posted the design to both the farm's Facebook page and on several show cattle social media groups, announcing that she was selling the Moo Muffs for $20 a pair. People clamored for their own pairs.
Because of the demand, Poad eventually began working with a livestock supply company that would take care of production. Now, Moo Muffs has its own online home, where interested parties can keep up with the developing brand and keep an eye out for deals.
Adorable, indeed.
Thanks for posting the day-brightener.
I would like one too — not the earmuff, but the calf with the earmuff. :)
So if you get them used to potholders now, it will make cooking easier?
A very moooving story.
Awesome!
Don’t have to google.
Middle aged tech geek.
wrote Twitter user @ThisFarmingMan
I try to separate the tweets from the calf.
This could steer the whole industry a dairy good direction.
We liked oat straw. Not always easy to find but we did not need large quantities. It is softer and more absorbent than wheat straw.
Please God don’t tell me you got snookered into attending some Furry event.
I’m wondering how?
NO.
A coworker knew I could thread a needle and asked me to repair his costume.
Took one look at WHERE the rips were and sort of kicked it back in his general direction with a firm ‘Not going to happen’.
If you have to ask...
“Must love cow muff” is a common requirement on FarmersOnly.com.
I got NO end of grief from my co-workers when I started dating Farmer Beau. They were all convinced I met him on FarmersOnly.com, LOL!
He was a family friend that I NEVER would’ve thought of as dating material. Ever! Nine years in, big fat diamond on my ring finger, a remodeled/modernized farm house and 160 acres to play on.
They had a great time making up jokes, but I’m pretty sure I won that argument. ;)
” posted about the solution HER and her aunt, Kim Ewers, had come up with”
Nothing weird going on there. The Aunt thought up the idea. The Niece who had the embroidery business sewed the product for her.
“Calves are adorable, too bad they can’t remain that way!”
Also, goes for adorable human babies turning into TEENAGERS!
“I try to separate the tweets from the calf.”
GROAN! Get off my thread, LOL! ;)
The leftist cows will be wearing them soon.
My dad showed me how to tell if a calf was born too early in the year by the frostbite damage to the ears.
You da boss, woman.
Will they be putting ear muffs on the calves being prepared for milk-fed veal?
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