Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Double Yolks


We have been getting these giant double yolk eggs lately. Oh, the poor girls.


5 comments:

  1. Good evening Tonya,
    If you can believe it, we've actually had 4 triple yolk eggs in the 8 yrs we've had chickens, now those girls, had something to cackle about!

    It's always fun to get those poult eggs as well. Many times they either have a white and no yolk or just the opposite.
    I'm putting a snail mail letter in the mail tomorrow. Thanks for your newsletters, we're enjoying them so much. I hope you can gleen some helpful hints from my letter and I included permission to print any and all info I mail you.

    Blessings from,
    The Never Done Farm

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  2. Kelle,
    I can't wait. Getting "real" mail is just so very nice. Maybe I will arrange a craft exchange as well through the summer issue of Plain and Joyful Living.
    Wow, we have yet to get a triple yolk!
    Many blessings and thanks,
    Tonya

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  3. forgive me for being a chicken novice, but what causes them to lay double yolks? i was under the impression that some breeds simply laid doubles, but i didn't know that some girls that lay singles most of the time will sometimes lay a double.

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  4. Angela,
    The young chickens, in their first year of laying tend to lay the double yolks every so often. I think a double yolk is formed when the egg stays inside the chicken for two days, instead of the average 24 hours.
    Bessings,
    Tonya

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  5. The poor girls! We have had a few doubles too and I swear the loudest cackling must have come from those poor ladies--kind of like having twins:-)

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