| The only eggs used to be the tan-ish, tinted, small Mellow eggs. | 
First up was the mysterious white egg that appeared on the coop floor a bit cracked and caked with a layer of poop on the 20th of December. The next time a white egg was spotted was on the wet ground of the chicken enclosure.
| I've been finding white eggs, especially on the ground. | 
Who was laying these mysterious white eggs?
Was it Spice?
No, she still hadn't squatted
Charcoal?
Most likely not, her comb was still small and petite sized.
Lime?
A few days ago when I had bent down to pet her, she had squatted for me. . . a possibility, but still there was a better answer.
. . . I was convinced that Lemon had laid the egg
| Added to the suspicion were the giant red comb and wattles that Lemon carried. She had the biggest in the coop, Lemon also squatted for me a couple of times. | 
Finally it was unraveled, and I spotted Lemon one day in the nesting box. She stayed in there for a few minutes and then plopped off the box, there was no egg. Disappointed I walked away from the window. When I returned, a fresh white egg, just beaming lay on the ground. 
So, Lemon was the new egg layer.
| Comparison of Mellow's egg (left) and Lemon's second egg (right). Lemon's bright white egg isn't very big, but slowly they will exceed Mellow's. | 
| Lemon caught being in the nesting box. | 
| A desolate white egg was the result! | 
 
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