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twins!


Do you remember that HUGE chicken egg I showed you a few weeks ago?

I showed it to my mother-in-law, and her eyes lit up and she said "That's a double yolk!"
I must have had a shocked look on my face, for she laughed and said, "Don't give that one away. When you open up there will be two inside; I'm sure of it."

And she was right. One of our chickens had twins. And they were tasty.
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Lydia said…
LOL!!!! "And they were tasty." That made me laugh....ok, I have to ask a really dumb question (to someone, but I really don't know). How often does that happen- and can it only happen if the egg is "fertilized?" Cause I am NOT getting a rooster. Too many bad memories of opening eggs in africa....gross.
May 7, 2010 at 7:56 AM
Monica said…
It was the first Bobby and I had ever heard about. I would think it could happen without fertilization. After all,the egg is still an egg. The fertilization makes it an embryo.
According to the backyard chicken forum, some hens lay these every day for their first year, others claim two breeds routinely lay such eggs. But judging from the shock on the forum, I'd say these are about as "common" as human twins. Since March we've been getting 5-7 eggs a day, and this is the only double yolk we've found.
May 7, 2010 at 11:01 AM
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