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

Chicks form from the white of the egg, not the yolks. The yolks are what the growing chick feeds from. So you wouldn't get two chicks from a double yolker!

We keep chickens as pets and luckily frequently get a double yolker



I go to our local farm for ours. They go through a machine to check they're double yolkers so we know they're certain.

Once had a box of six that were all double yolkers- had the odd one since but not for ages.

Was watching Little House on the Prairie once and Mrs Ingalls was selling eggs to the Olsens - they were trying to diddle her and she said that she wanted more money as 6 had a double yolk. DH and I were mystified as to how she would know and decided she must have to put them up to the light to see.

I need to get out more!

We've recently had a few double yorkers from our new hens. One was a huge egg but the other was just a normal sized egg so no clue.
Think I've only ever had one in commercial eggs.

They would both develop but also both die.

I keep a few chickens and had a Bluebell hen that laid a double yolk at least once a week throughout her life.

Generally, it's the younger hens who lay double yolks whilst their systems are getting established. You rarely get one from an older girl.

@Panda368 I believe you. Same has happened to me. As previous poster says, very tiresome when you are baking.

I got a whole box of double yolks a couple of months ago. Blew my kids minds.

I had a full box of double yolks recently.

Able & Cole have lots of eggs with double yolks.

I didn't think it was either? From memory the germinal disc is attached to the surface of the yolk and that's what develops into a chick. So 2 yolks = 2 germinal discs and potentially 2 chicks.

My primary school had limited imagination with school trips and we went to a 'teaching farm' 3 years running .

Box of 6 from Morrisons, everyone a double. I've had this a few times.

I have ducks and chickens, the ducks lay massive eggs sometimes which are often double yolkers. Can't recall ever having one from shop bought eggs though.

Not in the shops. We bought 2 dozen from a farm shop advertising them.

I've never had one

Definitely not as frequent as they used to be. I had a triple yolker a few years back.

I would literally vomit

My experience (20 years of poultry keeping) is the reverse.

While you may get the occasionbal double yolker as young hens get started laying, senior hens lay them much more often.

Commercially hens are culled long before this, but my 5-9yo girls are the double-yolker layers. Big eggs, less frequent laying.

They are easy to spot as the eggs are too long and often lave a little ridge halfway along. They are also far, far heavier.

Hadn't had a double yolker for must be 20 years - then last month 2 in one box!

So excited I took a picture 😁

We had a box of six from Aldi, all double yolks. Never had one before, or since!

It's probably related, but the hens that live to be between 5 and (my longest record) 11 years old are the larger breeds of hen like Orpingtons, Bluebelles, Brahmas and other mixed use breeds.