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Meant to say they have shorter intestines, which would leave more room. Also they are white, and the darker the egg, the longer it takes.

Yes I have seen a hen successfully hatch two chicks out of one egg. Hens are a little more skilled than we humans. They don't always make it and more often one dies, and the odds are definitely against them but under a hen retaining some degree of natural instinct it can be done. I know this...

Knowledge, or in the case of hens that successfully hatch out double yolkers, maybe instinct. Hardly guaranteed death.

So why is a double yolk a "death sentence"?

I get the whole concept of how long the process takes. But if chickens only ovulate once per 24 hours, how come we get double yolk eggs? Or is that another myth that never happens according to the experts? Is it not concievable that if a chicken can drop two yolks in one shell, that they...

I have seen two eggs a day out of my hens many times. I'm not saying it's common but certainly not rare. I have even seen it with Leghorns, flock of x birds lays x eggs every day and one day you get X+1. Not frequently, but it happens. My game chickens stay in pairs, and more times than I can...

You haven't had the right breeds, if you haven't seen two eggs a day out of a hen.