I need to dig deeper into why that happens. Especially since you seem to be getting so many. It probably has something to do with breeding and getting the highest production possible.
I noticed that double yolk eggs are bigger than single yolk eggs.
One of my older books says that it can be a "regular phenomenon" and happens on an individual chicken basis when two yolks are introduced into the oviduct at the same time. I remember being told that it's usually just one chicken and some cooks like cooking with double yolk eggs.
All I know is there is a chicken farm in the area, and the produce store where I worked received jumbo browns from there; of these, it is stranger to get no double yolked eggs in a dozen than to have a few! And all the regulars know this and buy eggs there just for this reason. [emoji6][emoji1303]
So the theory that it is more common in the higher yielding egg producers sounds solid to me. I know their chickens are all white. We had an escapee off the side of the road at the intersection up here once upon a time. I wanted to catch the poor girl but nobody was able to without chasing her onto the interstate! She stayed on that triangle of ground for a couple of weeks, amazingly (between interstate and off ramp!) Unsure what the final solution was there, or if she just got caught by a predator. Ah, sorry for the tangent, I'm good at those. [emoji6]
Thanks- My hubbs made that avatar for me yesterday. He's quite talented, really, but that holds true with everything he does. [emoji849] This is the 'big picture.....'
(He made this other first, but then later realized he left an Adam's apple on 'me.' Oopsie! Lol)
That avatar is the greatest!!! This is one of my old ones.
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