double yolk . Is one hen prone to laying them

morning all .

Had my first double yolker this morning laid by one of my baker browns i believe . I was told that although this is most common in new layers as basically its a mistake  i also heard that sometimes certain hens can be prone to laying them . When i find my phone memory card converter i will post a pic . What are your folks experiences with double yolkers . Many thanks

If the egg is huge it could lead on to a prolapse if she were to have trouble pushing it out

The only major thing is her laying life span will be less, as a hen only has a set number of eggs in her (like us ladies) so if two are coming out at the same time all the time she will have a shorter laying life

Once of my geese is more prone to double yolkers but they do generally only happen with any regularity in the first laying season, from my experience Although you may still get the odd one when they get older they are not as frequent


Sarah

My Black Rock lays them on a regular basis, but she's only been laying for about a month.  She's a really big girl though.

A few weeks back we had our first triple yolker, but don't like getting them too often as like the others have said they run out of eggs quicker.