A TRIPLE yolker????!!!!

[wischickenlover]

OK, I am skeptical, but want to know if this is possible. I must admit, My hens lay some pretty decent size eggs. I have one customer who has me save only the very biggest for him. He told me last week that he had two TRIPLE-yolk eggs in his 3 dozen. Is it possible?

 

[FluffyChickenMama]

rare but possible.. two in 3 dozen seems really rare... the largest at nine yolks (doesnt say what type of bird) and Guiness has documented the largest chicken egg at 5 yolks...

http://www.poultryhelp.com/oddeggs.html

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I've had one three yolk egg, so they are possible.

 

[blue90292]

i've had two triple yolkers in the last year.

 

[eaemnc]

What breed of chicken are they? The ones laying the double and tripple yolkers?

Thanks,

Ann

 

[wischickenlover]

OK, so maybe the guy wasnt tellin a tall tale......they are RIR's that are laying these awesome eggs. But, as I always say, happy, spoiled hens lay the best eggs!

 

[TerrasCritters]

Ive only ever had one double yoker YEARS ago, when I had large chickens RIR's and BR. Pretty cool!!

 

[LynnGrigg]

We had an EE lay a triple yolker once. -Biggest egg I've ever seen. I thought the hen was dead and was relieved to discover she wasn't. It only happened once.

 

[OkapisRule]

Definitely possible. We have had a couple from an old americana.

 

[eaemnc]

Would you say that RIR's and EE's lay the biggest eggs?