Any luck with double yolkers/twins?

[Laodicia]

I’m a tad upset. I got into the aircell then to the first chick’s beak. Once I got the membrane open around it’s beak without busting any veins I can see there is some yolk left. It’s still breathing and heart still beating. I put it back in the bator and I don’t know if I should keep going????

so long as they're still in shell they should work on absorbing the yolk.

 

[JaeG]

Thank you so much. I’m going to try to post a picture of him/her. I put a lil coconut oil on the membrane to keep it moist. It’s breathing and swallowing fine (I assume it’s swallowing the yolk I don’t really know) this is only my second hatch and my chickens are my babies so it’s breaking my heart. You can see the little bit of yolk on top of its head

Any updates? How are the little ones going?

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Exciting! Here's a video that I found interesting:

Be sure to put in more eggs so you're lil one(s) if he hatches, can have a friend
If you do incubate it I's be very interested in the results.

At the end of the video there was a big bloody spot on the floor of the incubator and the person doing the narration seemed to go to great lengths to hide that fact. This much is certain, there is no way that twin chicks can hatch naturally because there is not enough room for them to assume the position necessary for hatching to begin. And even though at the conclusion of the video both chicks seemed dried, neither one of them was moving which is odd for chicks and both peeps seemed to be in a tortuous position. Sort of like they were suffering from profound birth defects.

 

[Joanie1975]

Any updates? How are the little ones going?

I lost them, one of them were dark, the other was yellow. The yellow chick was the one I couldn’t see. Once the dark chick died , we started working on getting him out, then we noticed there was movement behind it, and got it out, put the live one in the incubator and it died too. I’m really bummed about it. Ireally appreciate all the help. They were indeed not in the position to pip, however I do not think they were not quite ready yet. The yolk was “not” what I was looking at after all, it was it’s foot. There was no yolk left, but both of their tummies were not closed up (I don’t know why) thanks for all the help, and for asking

 

[JaeG]

I lost them, one of them were dark, the other was yellow. The yellow chick was the one I couldn’t see. Once the dark chick died , we started working on getting him out, then we noticed there was movement behind it, and got it out, put the live one in the incubator and it died too. I’m really bummed about it. Ireally appreciate all the help. They were indeed not in the position to pip, however I do not think they were not quite ready yet. The yolk was “not” what I was looking at after all, it was it’s foot. There was no yolk left, but both of their tummies were not closed up (I don’t know why) thanks for all the help, and for asking

At least you gave them a chance. It really is a miracle in itself that they both made it that far.

 

[Laodicia]

I lost them, one of them were dark, the other was yellow. The yellow chick was the one I couldn’t see. Once the dark chick died , we started working on getting him out, then we noticed there was movement behind it, and got it out, put the live one in the incubator and it died too. I’m really bummed about it. Ireally appreciate all the help. They were indeed not in the position to pip, however I do not think they were not quite ready yet. The yolk was “not” what I was looking at after all, it was it’s foot. There was no yolk left, but both of their tummies were not closed up (I don’t know why) thanks for all the help, and for asking

It's sad they didn't make it. I noticed in the video shared of the twin chicks that it seemed their bellies werent closed all the way either.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Mine only made it to day 10, almost as a rule, I heard one lady who had twin chicks, one ended up a boy, and the other a girl.

 

[Kat C]

If the egg with the double yolk is not double the volume each chick will have less food to grow on. If the egg is not double the surface area each chick will have less oxygen. If you wouldn't deprive a live chick of food, why would you set an egg where for 21 days each chick has less than optimal food and air? You can eat the double yolker or you can cook it and feed it to your flock.

 

[Kat C]

Mine only made it to day 10, almost as a rule, I heard one lady who had twin chicks, one ended up a boy, and the other a girl.

That is because they are siblings, not twins. It is just that the body of the hen made a mistake and enclosed two yolks in one shell. They are just siblings with one shell creating sub optimal conditions for a hatch.

 

[Kat C]

It's sad they didn't make it. I noticed in the video shared of the twin chicks that it seemed their bellies werent closed all the way either.

This non closing of the bellies is called omphalitis or mushy chick disease
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/mushy-chick-disease-yolk-sack-infection-omphalitis.64686/
The sub optimal condition of setting a double yolk egg no doubt contributed to the chicks having this condition. For the sake of the chicks and for the best results only set normal size, fairly new, clean eggs. We save eggs for setting up to 7 days and then discard if we don't have a broody hen ready.
From the BYC article "Omphalitis may be caused by a bacterium that enters through the porous egg shell. Unfortunately, incubation conditions are ideal for breeding bacteria as well as incubating eggs. BEWARE the egg that explodes in the hatching tray! This easily contaminates other eggs." Incubating an egg with less chance of hatching might well cause an egg explosion and subsequent contamination of other eggs. This can happen under a broody hen as well. It is not nice at all when it happens, a big mess, a horrible smell.