Draft horse escapes barn! Along with an update on retirement life for Liam after being rescued Ep.68

Episode 68
Back in April 2023, we rescued a giant Belgian gelding (18.1 hands tall) from Bowie Texas Livestock who we named Liam. When we arrived at the stockyard we were shocked to see the condition he was in. His front legs were completely stiff and he could barely walk. We rushed him to the vet for immediate medial attention.

X-Rays showed that he had sever arthritis in both his front coffin joints and arthritis in his left pastern joint. One of the original 6 horses we rescued, Cami, has sever arthritis in her pastern joint. We take her to our veterinarian (Mobile Veterinary Practice) for steroid injections and they have helped her tremendously. We made an appointment for Liam to see Dr. Waggoner at MVP to see what treatment she thought would be the best for him. We got Liam coffin joints injected and he started walking around better. We got him on some pain and inflammation medications as well. The combination of all of these treatments has helped Liam walk around to enjoy retirement.

This video is an update on Liam. Its amazing the transformation a horse can make with good feed, love and kindness. We can learn so much from these horses and we hope you can see though our videos what they have to teach us. Back at the end of April, Liam gave me huge scare when he broke out of his pen and rummaged through the barn for about an hour unattended. I happened to be walking out to the barn to clean stalls and fill the feed buckets for dinner when I saw a giant head poke out the side door! Liam is the sweetest horse and we are so glad he is here on the farm enjoying a comfortable retirement. He brings a smile to everyones face whenever they see him. We hope he bring a smile to your face too!

We hope you enjoy this video! Make sure you subscribe to our channel so you don't miss anything happening around here! Because it's never a dull moment!

Liam's videos
Episode 53, 54 & 58
https://youtu.be/Vz5_5dl5LV8
https://youtu.be/qXtfJK_wiYE
https://youtu.be/SEAWC73v6A4

Quinn's Videos
Episode 65 & 66
https://youtu.be/XGthO6TPfBY
https://youtu.be/KjEGPM9YrvI

Please consider making a tax deductible donation to the Big Hoof Foundation to help us save more of these precious lives. We have a temporary page set up on the Fletcher Farms Amarillo website until we can complete the foundations website. Link below.

https://www.fletcherfarmsamarillo.com/big-hoof-foundation

Thank you everyone for your continued support in saving these gentle giants! We could not be saving these lives without you! If you would like a donation letter please send us an email at [email protected].

We also still have our t-shirt/hoodie fundraiser going until August 4, 2023, so make sure you place your order now before time runs out!
Bonfire T-Shirt/Hoodie fundraiser
https://www.bonfire.com/big-hoof-foundation/

We have created an Amazon wishlist for supplies that we need if you would like to support us in that way.

Big Hoof Foundation Amazon Wishlist
https://a.co/0oGJ8y6

Fletcher Farms Amarillo sells farm fresh handmade goat milk soap! Meesha Bars are made with ingredients you can pronounce! Pure, high quality, food grade and organic natural plant oils mixed with therapeutic grade essential oils along with goat milk straight from our goat, Meesha. All profits from goat milk soap sales go directly towards feed, hay or anything else the animals on the farm may need.

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https://www.fletcherfarmsamarillo.com/shop

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The one item WE always need is FEED!
If you would like to send a gift/donation of feed (Alfa Pro, hay, etc) to the horses you can send that through our local feed store, HF & C Amarillo. HF&C Amarillo has offered to help us with anyone wanting to send a gift/donation of Alfa-Pro to the horses. When you call, tell them you are sending a gift to Fletcher Farms Amarillo/Big Hoof Foundation and they will add the gifts to our account. Alfa-Pro is $17.45 per bag. They do offer a discount if you purchase per pallet (40 - 50 pound bags) $16.95 per bag by the pallet. WE go through about 3-1/2 bags per day to feed all 13 horses (175 pounds per day). We also purchase square bales of coastal hay from HF&C. We use 3 bales per day to feed all the horses. Square bales of hay are $16.75 each.

Thank you to everyone that has sent us gifts of Alfa Pro! The horses love Alfa Pro and we truly appreciate the bags/pallets you have sent to us!

HF&C Supply Amarillo
10410 I-27 Amarillo, TX, 79119
https://hfandc.com
Phone: (806) 622-9800
Mon – Fri: 8AM- 6PM (Central Time)
Saturday: 8AM – 3PM
Sunday: CLOSED

Thank you to HF&C Amarillo for your continued support in helping all of our animals! Thank you to all of our subscribers and followers for your support, kindness and generosity! We are grateful for everything and don't know what we would do without you!