Summer in Texas. Anyone who has grown up in the great state understands that this means time for lakes and vacations. When you live on a farm and have multiple lives depending on you to keep them alive summer in Texas brings on a new meaning. For farmers of small livestock like chicken and rabbits it can be challenging to keep them cool in the 100+ temperatures and the high humidity. You devise ways of cooling their areas and keeping the temperature manageable. 

When you own a farm and are responsible for so many lives, eventually you have to say good-bye to some of them. 

Growing up I always wanted to have a farm or a ranch. We had dogs and my granddad kept chickens, rabbits and pigs for the family. My mom did not have the time or the energy (after raising three girls basically on her own) to have more than the pet dog.