Meet the Fletcher Family
Welcome to Fletcher Farms Amarillo!
Fletcher Farms Amarillo began in February 2022 when my husband and I purchased 43 acres just outside the city limits of Amarillo, Texas. As a woman-owned small business in the Texas Panhandle, our farm started with a simple dream, to create a place where animals could be cared for, protected, and given a second chance. Over time, that dream has grown into something even more meaningful than we ever imagined.
Our journey started with the adoption of a donkey named Jack who we found on Craigslist. Knowing Jack needed a companion, we soon found a Jenny donkey and her one-week-old baby at a livestock yard in Bowie, Texas. Ellie and Mable became the second and third members of our growing farm family.
While visiting the livestock yard to see the new mom and baby donkey, we learned about six Belgian Draft horses that had recently arrived from a farm in Kentucky. After being neglected, they were scheduled to be sent to slaughter. We knew we couldn’t let that happen. Wanting to keep the family together, we rescued all six horses and welcomed them to Fletcher Farms Amarillo and they became the "Original Six".
In March 2022, we rescued another Belgian Draft horse, Freya, from a kill pen in Tennessee. Then in August 2022, Anna joined the herd. Anna was in the worst condition of all starved, neglected, and abandoned at a kill pen in Kemp, Texas. There was something about both Freya and Anna that spoke to us, and we knew that without help their future would have been very different.
Our love for animals of all kinds extends beyond our horses and donkeys. Fletcher Farms Amarillo is also home to chickens, goats, dogs, and cats each one an important part of our farm family.
Since opening, Fletcher Farms Amarillo has grown to offer a variety of services and experiences for the community. We invite you to explore everything we have to offer and check back often to follow along with our newest adventures.
Because rescuing and caring for these horses requires ongoing support, we also founded the Big Hoof Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping us continue our rescue and care efforts.
To learn more or support our mission, please visit bighooffoundation.org.
Everything We Offer
Apparel
Our signature tree logo represents the heart of this property strength, deep roots, and a place of shelter for the animals who call this land home.
Every purchase from our apparel line helps support the farm and the horses who now live safely here. Many of these horses were rescued from the slaughter pipeline and given a second chance at life. Instead of facing an uncertain future, they now spend their days in open pastures, receiving proper care, and living the peaceful life every horse deserves.
When you wear our apparel, you’re doing more than representing a brand you’re helping provide feed, care, and a safe home for these incredible animals.
Thank you for supporting the farm, the horses, and the mission to give them the life they deserve.
Meesha Bars
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Made with milk straight from our goat, Meesha.
Head over to our online store to see everything available. Soaps are available in a variety of scents and we are always adding something new!
Farm Fresh Non-GMO Eggs from our
Buff Orpington, Lavender Orpington, Copper Maran and Easter Egger Chickens.
At Fletcher Farms Amarillo we are lovers of ALL animals big and small. We believe in raising our animals with the love and care they deserve. That also includes what we feed them!
Although we are not certified as an organic farm, we follow the USDA's guidelines in raising our animals.
Per USDA guidelines, our animals have
~ mandatory outdoor access for all species when weather is suitable
~ 100% organic feed and approved feed supplements
~ no antibiotics, growth hormones, or GMOs
Cory and I are particular in what we put on and in our bodies. We have followed that belief and concepts with everything we raise on our farm which including the products we sell!
Egg pick up by appointment only
Email us at fletcherfarmsamarillo.com
One of our YouTube video discussed a bill that has been passed around Congress. The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act (H.R. 3475 and S. 2037) is a bipartisan bill that permanently bans horse slaughter in the United States and prohibits the exportation of horses for slaughter.
The link below is to a petition that I started on change.org to bring awareness to this bill that needs to be passed.
Every year, thousands of horses are shipped out of their home country to meet a brutal end in foreign slaughterhouses. These intelligent and sensitive creatures often endure long, stressful journeys only to face a terrifying death, all in the name of profit. Yet, these animals that we hold so dear deserve respect and compassion, not such a devastating fate.
On May 24, 2007, the last slaughterhouse in the United States producing horsemeat for human consumption was closed by State statute, but owners and companies still ship horses across borders to be slaughtered for human consumption. The USDA currently allows kill buyers or kill pens to export horses to Mexico or Canada for the purpose of slaughter. The USDA puts out a monthly report on this practice but does nothing to stop the export of these horses that could still have a good life in the hands of proper owners.
Every day, a kill buyer loads trailers with dozens of horses (most times over-filled) with no regard to the horses well-being. The horses are transported over hundreds of miles across the border into Canada or Mexico, without food or water, for the sole purpose of being slaughtered. These horses face horrible treatment being packed into tight quarters on trailers, suffering injuries and sometimes even death on those trailers. Yet, nothing is done to regulate or enforce laws on the ethical treatment of these precious lives!
The process of sending them over the border is long and grueling. The Freedom of Information Act documents report horses and foals experiencing dismemberment, compound fractured limbs and backs, crushed skulls, and being trampled to death while in transit. Other reports and investigations confirm significantly injured, sick, non-ambulatory, and dead horses at auctions and assembly points.
Due to horses physiology, it is impossible to slaughter horses humanely without sedatives. Once they arrive at the slaughterhouses, the horses are forced through narrow passageways and are hit repeatedly with a penetrating captive bolt gun until they fall unconscious. Once unconscious, they are dismembered. The horses are not euthanized before being dismembered. In some cases, the horses may even still be conscious during dismemberment due to the failure of the bolt successfully knocking them out.
Not only is the process of getting horse meat cruel and inhumane, but the actual horse meat itself is unhealthy for human consumption. Unlike other livestock, American horses are not raised for food. They are routinely treated with medications that the FDA bans for use in animals intended for human consumption. Their meat is unsafe to eat. Even individuals who choose not to eat horse meat can be exposed to these banned medications because of horse slaughter byproducts contaminating our groundwater.
The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act (H.R. 3475 and S. 2037) is a bipartisan bill that permanently bans horse slaughter in the United States and prohibits the exportation of equines for slaughter. This bill will close the loophole and will permanently prohibit the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.)
Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly
~ slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or
~ shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced it to the 118th Congress (2023 - 2024). To become law, the SAFE Act needs to pass in the House of Representatives, and then in the Senate. But this is not a quick—or easy—process. Congressional and organizational outreach efforts are more important than ever. In addition to signing this petition, reach out to your state representatives and tell them to pass the SAFE Act NOW!
Your signature is much appreciated.
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Reach out to your representatives in both the House and the Senate.
To become law, the SAFE Act needs to pass in the House of Representatives, and then in the Senate. But this is not a quick—or easy—process. Congressional and organizational outreach efforts are more important than ever.
Tell your senators and representatives to pass the SAFE Act. Give them a call and send a personalized email or letter. State that you are a constituent and share why passing the SAFE Act is important to you.
I have been told that all emails and phone calls are logged and given to the representative on a weekly basis. The more attention we can bring to this bill the more likely we will help to get it passed!