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An update on the lights. We turned them on about a month ago. Started at 5am. Every day they come on 5 minutes earlier. When we get to the solstice we will let the increasing daylight take over. This morning one of our older ladies laid an egg. First egg from one of the older girls since...

They are old, repurposed lights. And as I said, it is cool to look out in the morning and see the girls up before the sun, enjoying the Christmas season. 🎅

I think it works. :fl They come out of the coop 5-15 minutes after the lights turn on. That picture is from last year. They started laying about 3 weeks after we started lighting last year. We turned the lights on about two weeks ago. We'll see. And of course I will report out findings...

Our Christmas lights in the run are to encourage the girls to start laying again. They provide no heat. And none is required. And It looks nice when we wake predawn.