Eeeeeep!!!

[BGcoop]

It’s literally the shortest days of the year and it has been about 10 degrees or so below normal lately(think teens to 20s for high temps) and my little white leghorn decides NOW is the time to start laying! Not that I’m complaining, it was a very nice Christmas present, but I had given up on her starting until spring. She is over 7 months old already.

 

[azygous]

Many, many people would sure love to hear how you pulled this off a week from the shortest day of the year.

 

[Folly's place]

They do what they do...
Good for her!
Mary

 

[BGcoop]

I have no idea why she chose now to start. The only possible reason I can think of is that they are overly spoiled.
(In fact the other day when it struggled to make it above 0°f my DH briefly put a heater in the coop. When I asked him why he was heating the coop and not the goat shed he told me that goats didn’t need to be heated because GOATS are farm animals. I may have laughed in his face slightly).

I’m going to hope this is a sign that she will now be one heck of a good layer!

 

[BGcoop]

Ps: we do not routinely heat the coop, DH was just feeling bad that it has been so cold and snowy so early this year.

 

[TwoShepherds]

Congratulations on that pretty white egg!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Congratulations!! That pretty white egg makes a nice addition to a very colorful egg basket!