> > Daylight is supposed to be what determines when they start their > winter coats. > > All I know is we had more snow last winter than we've ever had AND we > had a huge blizzard that basically shut everything down for a day. > That's really odd for us. We're normally cold and very dry...
Same for us--we had queer winter weather, unusual for us to have snow on the ground for 2 1/2 mos straight, 3 big storms womping on top of one another. Shadow is growing the most coat so far, and growing it quickly. Our trees are starting to turn too--seems a bit early. They usually turn in late Sept. Horse coats have always appeared to be good predicters of weather to me--big coat = deep cold. Last winter had lots of snow, but really very little subfreezing temps. Much as I dislike dealing with frozen water, I dislike bugs more. We need some good hard freezing to kill bugs. Robyn S
