Double Yolkers

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I am a lover of eggs, and have a boiled egg with toast soldiers every day for breakfast.

I buy eggs from various sources, often from a local farm.

As a child, I can clearly remember it being a real treat to get a double yolker.

I have not had one for years and years.

Has anyone had a double yolker lately?

AIBU yes
YANBU No

Good point! No I haven’t. And I buy ‘decent’ eggs too. Now I want one (well, two).

I had 3 n the same box a few years ago. Wish I was superstitious I’m sure I’d have been able to read something into it!

I've had a few recently, Aldi Extra Large

Ii bought a dozen from a farmers market a couple of years ago and they were ALL double yolkers

They fuck up your baking though

For a while you could buy them, but I must admit I haven't seen them for ages.

We buy from a local farm also . Used to double and even triple ( a few times ) however this year , not a single double.

Only from when we had our own chickens. The ones with a double yolk can be very large, so perhaps not “desirable” for the supermarket?

I once had 6 in a box but that was 20 years ago.

When I had a farm I had them everyday when the hens first started laying.

Would you notice a double yolker if it were hard boiled? I haven't had one for years either. I might start buying big eggs to see if I can find one.

I once got a box of 6 normal eggs which all turned out to be double yolkers from Tesco.

To this day no one believes this happened to me.

I do, a few times a year, but then I get eggs from a farmer friend so whether that makes a difference I don't know.

We had two in a standard box from Tesco last week. Not had one for ages before that though.

If the double yolkers were fertilised and left with the hen to hatch, what would happen? Would you actually get two chicks, or would one absorb the other yolk?

Had one yesterday. Also a couple of months ago, bought a tray of 30 and about 90% were double yolkers. The seller said they were new hens, whatever that means 😂

Actually maybe all chicken eggs are fertilised. I can't remember my basic biology, off to check.

You can buy eggs labelled as double yolkers as Waitrose.
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/clarence-court-double-yolk-eggs/682060-758107-758108

Hmm, not in the last few years. Got a few in a pack of the blue Aldi eggs about 4 years ago! We kept buying them for a while in hopes of more doubles

I’ve had this too. Thought it was pretty cool, but not much more. Then I saw a story about someone with a similar box in the DM. If only I’d realised my double yolkers were of national interest, I could have monetised my mildly interesting experience.

@ScrambledSmegs eggs sold commercially are not fertilised in the main. It doesn't pay to keep Cockerels unless you're going to hatch the eggs. And i think most egg producers buy in female chicks.

I had all 6 in a box as doubles last year.

I wish I'd done a Daily Fail piece but didn't realise how rare it was until I googled it when they'd all been eaten

Thanks @SiobhanSharpe, I thought that was the case but then doubt crept in!

Chicken keeper here (well actually DS 9 is). PPs are correct it tends to happen more frequently with new layers (young hens) who are still working out the kinks in their egg production.

They can also lay soft shells (no actual egg shell just the membrane holding it all in 🤢).

I suspect the reduction in double yolkers is tied to commercial preference for generic laying hens rather than specific breeds. Not basing that on anything scientific mind you - just our own experience with keeping specialised/more traditional breeds.

Could just as easily be that the eggs of new layers aren't put into general circulation until they become more uniform (and less likely to be double yolkers). Size can vary pretty wildly when they start laying too.

Aren't double ones from older chickens? Prob don't live long enough in the egg industry...

Aren't double ones from older chickens? Prob don't live long enough in the egg industry...