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Is it common to get double yolk eggs?

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I've had 20 or so, so far. Is this some underlying condition?
 
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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.
 
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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]
 
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