Dorothy, an 11 month old white and black chicken that lays light azure blue eggs (both pictured), has laid plenty of double yolkers... But at least two have had a noticeable delineation in the shell where it's like her body added on a caboose to the egg to make even more room than usual! (See...
A few days ago we got a massive egg from one of our RIRs Cinnamon. It turned out to be a double yoker! My first ever double yoker! Just thought I’d share. 😁
Hello everyone,
One of our younger hens (6mo) has been laying for about a month, and is routinely laying double-yolk eggs. As of now, about 75% of her eggs have been doubles, and 25% have been singles. There was one instance where she laid a triple-yolker.
We have had chickens for over four...
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I am hoping to get some advice on a surprise I found in my incubator today. I have a small batch of eggs from my mixed flock in my bator (five of them), as a first run at seeing how lucky our recently of age silver polish rooster has been with the girls.
Today, while candling them, we...
OMG!!!!
I got my first egg on Tuesday, a second (quite tiny) on Wednesday, and a third on Friday.
NOW, THIS IS THE AMAZING PART!!!
I cracked all three open to scramble up my homegrown eggs, and I was shocked! The very first egg I got and the very first egg to be cracked was a DOUBLE YOLK...
Wanted to share this. When collecting eggs today, my mother and I found a teeny tiny little egg. A 'fart' egg. However, upon cracking it open, we were surprised to find that not only did it have a yolk, but it was a double yolk to boot! I just had to take a picture.
Hi, I have a few questions about incubating and here they are.
1. Lockdown starts on day 18 so does that mean I stop turning on day 18 as in, on day 18 i wouldn't turn them at all?
2.How often should I candle? I plan on candling on day 7 then again on day 10 (I will also get rid of any...