Posted on 02/17/2022 11:43:01 AM PST by millenial4freedom
Until recently, we had about 150 chickens, getting about 70 eggs a day.
We’d get at least one, sometimes two doubles a day. They’re pretty common.
I did get a triple once.
Give me a 10 million dollar federal grant money and I’ll get right on this conundrum.
I’ve had a lot of doubles and triples in older hens. Even had 4 yolks one time. They were Rhode Island also
Which is why you will often find them in eggs from people who have backyard hens and not in store eggs.
The store eggs are produced by hens that have exactly enough nutrition. No extra because that would be waste and waste means smaller profits. And more clean up.
Back yard hens are fed until they are full and then they get a little extra.
So you get a double yoke.
Twins. Next question.
Interesting. I get double yokes every now and again. Always a delightful surprise .
LOL. Like Dewey Crowe thought he had 4 kidneys on Justified.
Congratulations! I always feel like I hit a mini jackpot. :)
I went to a local breakfast place some years ago with two friends and we all ordered fried eggs. We each got three eggs with six yolks. The waiter said they got a whole case that way. So something caused a whole bunch of chickens all from the same place to make double yolks all at once.
You can tell a double-yoker before you crack it. The egg is slightly elongated through the middle, and has a certain appearance about it. We had chickens for years, and used to put all of the double-yokers separately in the fridge. I suspect the eggs you got were separated out the same way.
Some chikunz want ballz.
Buy a lottery ticket.
“About seven or eight years ago,”
I blame Fukushima.
Interesting.
Just for reference, here's a link with information about brownfields in RI.
http://www.dem.ri.gov/brownfields/
Small joke. The yolk bit would have nothing to do w/brownfields. Link authentic though. :)
Same reason there are twins, triplets, etc.
Jumbo eggs frequently have double yolks - usually the largest ones in the carton.
I had a 3 yolk egg .
One day a customer mentioned that the carton of eggs delivered the previous week only had eleven eggs, not a dozen, but each of the eleven was a double yolk.
I see them occasionally, though maybe less commonly than I think.
I usually react by thinking it’s a pair of twins.
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