[NormandyMary]

Last week I had a double yolk egg from one of my girls. What does this mean? It was a great surprise!

[dangolding]

Last week I had a double yolk egg from one of my girls. What does this mean?

It means you were lucky!!!

Seriously though, in my experience "it's just one of those things" - one of my chickens laid a double yolker every 3rd egg (it was a Sussex White - or the French equivilant from the guy down the market)

We did try various "experiments" to try and get more and found that cooked potato peelings greatly increased the frequency of double yolks but it wasn't something you can guarantee.

Friends of ours swear by prawn "peelings" - certainly their yolks are very yellow and they do get double yolkers but no more than me (not that I'm counting   )

[muntjac]

we have been getting a double yolker most days since the older girls started to lay ,we both had one ... fried    this morning

[ness]

Lucky you!
Just out of interest do bantams lay double yolkers?  Mother hen laid 2 eggs in 1 sitting, maybe thats the bantam equivalent.

[muntjac]

all chucks can lay doublies .i have had pheasants lay doublies as well

[Vember]

I got very excited when I got my first Double Goose egg, Crumb wasn't too impressed it was huge and must have been hard work!      

[Fat Hen]

Lucky you!
Just out of interest do bantams lay double yolkers?  Mother hen laid 2 eggs in 1 sitting, maybe thats the bantam equivalent.

My Sultan & Silkie both laid double yolkers for a few days when they started laying for first time, not had one since. :cry:

[chickensuburbian]

i've heard that its more common in older and younger birds, they have two ovaries the same as female humans and whentheir hormones kick in (in youn uns, ) and hormones go all over the place (in the older ones), their ovarian cycles  get out of stride. sometimes ovulating twice. hence two yokes in one shell.

[chickensuburbian]

i've heard that its more common in older and younger birds, they have two ovaries the same as female humans and whentheir hormones kick in (in youn uns, ) and hormones go all over the place (in the older ones), their ovarian cycles  get out of stride. sometimes ovulating twice. hence two yokes in one shell.

[Jellyhead]

I got very excited when I got my first Double Goose egg, Crumb wasn't too impressed it was huge and must have been hard work!      

And how is the lovely Crumb, are we looking forward to baby Crumbs

[Vember]

Hi Jelly,

 Crumb is doing great:)
She's not on the eggs though gave up after 48hours, she got bored me thinks  
Luckily I had a broody hen so she's taken over the job
 
Candled the eggs tonight and it's looking like 3 babies but alot can happen so daren't say too much  
 
3 Weeks to go

[Jellyhead]

Are they Crumbs eggies

[Vember]

No she hasn't got a mate
So I got some from the internet they are Romans.
I'm hoping they'll get on??
Crumb is sitting her in-fertile eggs every night so I'm hoping when the real eggs start to externally pip i can do swaps and she'll think they're hers!

It'll be a long night as I'll be staying with her to make sure everyones ok.

Getting quite excited but also trying not to in case something goes wrong

Roll on the 15th of May

[Jellyhead]

Oooooh how exciting, keep us posted, and piccies piccies piccies      

[compostqueen]

Got my first double yolker this morning. Only her second egg