Warming Ear flaps
Ear are one of the body parts that are most affected by low temperatures.Since they’re very exposed and have little blood circulation. When a farmer in the state of Wisconsin lost her barn in a fire.She needed to find a way to keep her calves safe from freezing temperatures. This is how “Ear flaps” were created.
We at Cloud news feed would like to tell you how this invention, that arose from necessity, turned into a growing family business.
Ear flaps
Ear Flaps
Ear flaps are Created for calves to stop them getting frostbite are a real thing.The invention was born an ocean away from Ireland. Its creator is a farmer named Holly Poad, who came up with the idea when she was looking for ways to keep her cattle warm in the harsh winter, after losing her barn in a fire.
Freezing Cold Solution
Freezing Cold solution
Faced with these low temperatures, Poad decided to buy jackets and earmuffs and adapt them to keep her cattle warm.People decided to combine fleece with a water-repellant material on the outside, and adjustable straps that fasten using Velcro.
Close to 40 degrees below zero
Ear flaps below 40 degrees
Inventors decided to use bright colors so that the earmuffs will easily found in snow in case the animal managed to remove them.
Thus, with a little luck and a lot of ingenuity, a business was born: Poad began selling her design at $20 per pair. She published it on her farm’s Facebook page and on several show cattle social media groups, and orders started flowing in. “I thought we’d maybe sell 5, 10 pairs. I didn’t think it was going to be anything that big,” she said.
Moo Ear flaps
moo Ear flaps
In order to keep up with the demand, her aunt, and her cousins have to work around the clock and the project took form and name Ear Flaps. It even has its own logo and accepts orders online. With the arrival of another winter in the northern hemisphere, they are preparing to increase sales and currently working with a livestock supply company to help produce the Moo Muffs in the future.
