I grew up in a rural area more of the countryside how about you?
 which country side?
I grew up in a small town called Callahan it is in Florida real low population everyone knew each other lol my grandfather had horses chickens and goats on his land. 
Horses and chickens ? 
Yes he would use the chickens for the eggs so we never brought any and the horses I use to love to ride them as a little girl he sold them not to long before he passed.