Windy Hill Farm

11/10/2024

Very excited 🧡 How about y'all?!

11/09/2024

Such a beautiful day ☀️ The sun is shining & patches of grass are coming out of dormant turning the most prettiest green 🎉 Caught Little Sister soaking it all in. Hope everyone else is to & having a wonderful day!

11/09/2024

Very excited to have Circle B Farm back out for our Farmsgiving 🧡

Looks like it's going to be a busy weekend canning lots of different items. Just finished processing these jars of peppers. We will have all kinds of items available next weekend at Windy Hill Farm. Y'all be sure to come out, there will be at least twelve different vendors at this event. Let's pray for clear skies next weekend.

11/08/2024

Happy cows happy life even when the weather is a bit on the gloomy side 🩶 Weather has been wet but not complaining at all after the back to back droughts we’ve had for the last couple summers! Feeling very blessed to even be getting it. Also can you believe how big little Vanilla has gotten?! Not so little anymore & acts just like her grandmother Oreo 🥹

11/03/2024

Well! We ventured out today to get the horses some more square bales of hay since Windy & Bones are still on stall rest. Everyone is hiding out till we pulled up. Karen & Naomi are very excited about the bales!

11/02/2024

Bones & Windy enjoying some offset time!

Our poor worn out fence… Most of the fencing here was done by my great grandfather in the 40s. As much as we hate to retire it we have been very slowly but surely replacing it. Eventually we will get this portion done! Till then we enjoy seeing his handy work still in use.

P.S. Yes, that is Miss Karen in the background 😂 The minis (Karen & Naomi) are with Bones & Windy sharing their covered area while Little Sister, Pocket, & Molly share covering with the cattle. Beyond lucky all our animals seem to love each other… Well… Till feed is involved.

11/02/2024

Hello from Tooter 💙

11/01/2024

Lost a good one 💔 We happen to know The Halls’ who originally owned Ol’ Pepto so had the privilege to meet him along with many of his offsprings a couple of times. Sending our love, thoughts, & prayers to all who had the chance to know & love him!

Sad News :(
Peptoboonsmal, a National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open Futurity Champion stallion, died at the age of 32 on October 22, 2024, from age-related complications. He is buried on the Aaron Ranch in Commerce, Texas, where his owners plan to erect a memorial.

Peptoboonsmal was acquired by the Aarons from Jackson Land & Cattle in Jackson Hole, Wyoming when he was 22 years old. Lori Aaron wanted him to spend his final years at the family's ranch. He was officially retired from breeding and left behind many offspring who followed in his footsteps. At the time of his death, he had sired offspring that had earned over $28 million, and his daughters had produced offspring that had earned over $85 million

11/01/2024

Thank y’all so much for getting us to 600 followers 🎉 We truly appreciate it! Here’s to many many more!

11/01/2024

Can’t wait 🍂

We will be out at Windy Hill Farm on 11/17 for the Farmsgiving Event. We will have lots of goodies available for everyone. Several types of honey (Raw, Hot, Cinnamon Pecan, Strawberry Creamed), our handcrafted soaps and candles, various canned items like pickles, jellies and more. Might even have some early Christmas items available 😉
Come see us, all the other vendors and the sweet animals at the sanctuary.

11/01/2024

Happy Halloween from all of us here at Windy Hill Farm 🎃

10/31/2024

Calm before the storm ⛈️ As much as we need the rain with big animals storms make us nervous. Whenever we have bad weather ahead we do everything we can to get everyone situated. Our little barn has 3 big covered areas which are the east lot, west lot, & then the back side. Bones along with Windy (who have been cleared for offset time) will be sharing their area AKA the east lot with Karen & Naomi. As for the cattle, Molly, Pocket, & Little Sister will have full access to either the covered back side or west lot. Everyone seems very happy & snug as bugs in a rug for the night. Now we just pray the storm doesn’t turn serious.

10/30/2024

In the past month, many people have shown interest in hearing about my great grandfather Odus Barfield's heroic encounter with a devastating fire that affected both he & his remarkable horse, Big Chick. Given that we've been sharing this story so frequently, we would like to present it here in his own words.

“I was on my way to pick up some hay. Someone stopped me & told me that there was a fire near my house or going that way. I slung on five bales of hay instead of the full load I intended to get & left. I could see as I went that they were right. The fire was spreading toward the northeast. I stopped at Lois Wooldridge's house & told her to call the old lady to tell her I was on the way. I passed the edge of the flame, & I saw several people arriving to fight the fire. Some people were unloading horses. I thought they were going after the cows that grazed the land where the fire had started. I went on home & saw that several neighbors were helping the old lady wet down the long grass from the summer. I pulled off the five bales of hay & grabbed a horse that I always kept at hand. After I loaded him, we started back to the fire. I thought about the cows & their calves that would burn to death if someone did not get them out. Some people in vehicles sat watching the fire roll across the prairie. When they saw me unload the horse, they said, "Don't go in there!" But others said, "Leave him alone; he can take care of himself." So I went. The cattle were bunched & moving toward the gate, but a man in a pickup, thinking to help, began to toot his horn. The cattle, ignorant of the danger, thought it was the sign for feed & began to turn & move away from the gate & toward the pickup. I turned the horse & raced to the pickup. "Listen, man, the cows think you're trying to feed them, & they won't go through the gate." I pulled the horse around & ran back to the herd. At that time, the smoke began to move in with speed I had not expected. It was thick. As I reached the back of the herd, they realized that their only escape was through the gate. They pressed together, forming a blockade for me & the horse. We could not get through. In my mind, I seemed to remember an old gate back up the fence line. I pulled the horse around & running hard; I found the spot. With a sinking feeling, I realized it was wired tight & I had no wire cutters. If I dismounted & tried to undo the wire, precious time would be wasted. I would be caught on the ground & apart from the horse when the flames reached us. I whirled to go back to the gate where the cattle were. The flame came whoosing over the lake dam & down the back of it with the speed of a locomotive. The heat & noise of it were terrible. The air was like glue. Everywhere there was fire. There was nowhere to go, no more time to look, no place to get through. I made the decision in a split second. Not waiting, knowing I could not leave the horse, I said, "Come on, Big Chick, we're going to the fire!" With this, I kicked the sorrel in the ribs & kept kicking because I remembered stories of horses who panicked near fires. We ran for a few seconds parallel to the blaze. Then I je**ed sharply, & he turned directly into the ten to twenty foot wall of the red-orange devil. It seemed as if the horse took wings for a minute, & then he stiff legged back to earth. When he hit, I fell to one side, straight into the heat. I bull frogged off, & I started to crawl, not thinking, just moving. Finally, I was past the hottest part. The smoke was thinner, & things were black around me. There stood my horse. He nickered & trotted back to me. I got on, & we rode back toward my pickup. I've already been through hellfire on horseback; I don't believe I want to go on foot.”

Odus Barfield: May 27, 1906 - July 30, 1982
This story took place 3 miles east of Boonsville, Texas in either January or February of 1976. Both Odus & Big Chick suffered from severe burns from the incident but incredibly survived to tell the tale!