Calf Hoods

Made in Canada!

Keep those little bovine ears toasty warm with one of these fleece hoods. One size fits most, with elastic in the nose and the stretchiness of the fleece. Secures behind the head with one-inch elastic strap with a velcro end. One-inch velcro is sewn on with strong #69 industrial thread. Colours in my usual rotation include black, navy, dark red, light red, green, dark heather grey, mushroom, and royal blue. Other colours or patterns can be brought in for large orders. Handmade on the farm in NE Alberta.

• 1 hoods: $39 including shipping within Canada
• 2 hoods: $75 including shipping within Canada
• 3 hoods: $97 including shipping within Canada
• 6 hoods: $194 including shipping within Canada
• 9 hoods: $273 including shipping within Canada
• 18 hoods: $475 including shipping within Canada
• 25 hoods: $535 including shipping within Canada

For larger quantities, please inquire for wholesale pricing.

Will ship anywhere worldwide at buyer’s cost. Payment by etransfer preferred.

Sewn with care in a smoke-free environment by an experienced seamstress/farmer.

Send inquiries to albertafarmlife@gmail.com to purchase or visit one of my retailers to purchase in person:

Hashbrowns Homestead Supplies – Red Deer, Alberta

Neudale Veterinary Services – Dewberry, Alberta

Owl’s Nest Boutique – Olds, Alberta

TA Livestock – Sundre, Alberta

Prairie Pines Butcher – Neilburg, Saskatchewan

About my Calf Hoods:

I first began sewing calf ear warmers 20 years ago, as a newly minted farm wife, dealing with big-eared Simmental calves in frigid January temperatures. I went through several designs over the years, including ones with individual ears, but my husband stumbled upon something when he began using neck warmers and balaclavas and securing them with tape. The neck warmers worked extremely well because they kept the calf’s ears against their body and used their own body heat to keep them warm, unlike the ‘ear’ style I had previously been sewing. I quickly made a bunch of ‘calf tubes’ for us to use on our calves, but I didn’t really like using tape. I decided to add elastic around one end, cut some eye holes, and add a strap that secures the hoods behind the calf’s head so we didn’t have to carry a roll of tape in our pockets anymore (design heavily inspired by the slinkies and neck sweats I used to make for my family’s show horses). Voila, the calf hood was born! We have been using this design for several years on our calves, so you can be assured that these have been tried and tested by a fellow beef producer. Our herd is made up of mainly Angus crossed on a Maine Anjou bull, but we have some Simmental and Hereford cows, so these have been tried on a variety of sizes of calves and work well for everything we’ve had, with birthweights from ~75 lbs to 100+ lbs.