Any luck with double yolkers/twins?

[lazy gardener]

Well stated Kat.

 

[Kat C]

Yes, and honestly I could care less either way. I've never set any double yolkers because they have a very low hatch rate. Why would I set one of them when I could set a normal egg instead?


I actually DO agree with most of Kat C's reasoning but I DO NOT AGREE with her coming on here and preaching ethics, acting moraly superior to someone else, justifying her view while implying anyone who disagrees with them is immoral....


She comes off as an elitest.... i mean read this post



She basically said "I'm fulfilling the highest achievent in the poultry world by hatching eggs with my hen, and look at you... your just causing pain and suffering with your "expirements". That's what I got out of it.


Kat C said there is no argument FOR hatching a double yolker. All I did is give her one....


Like you said, to each his own.....


Let's get back to hatching double yolkers please....

Don't put words in my mouth. I meant that if you want pleasure with your chickens IMO nothing is more pleasurable than watching a momma hen with chicks. Someone posted a vid of a double yolker hatching. They had to help the chicks out. On youtube people asked how the chicks were but the poster never responded as far as I could tell so I presume the chicks died. That is not fun and would seem to negate whatever fun it is to see two chicks come out of one shell.
But I can't get over the idea that the supporters of hatching double yolkers think it is fine to give a chick less than optimal condition in the shell and yet I am quite sure that none of them would give hatched chicks less than optimal conditions after birth. I am sure everyone here would call it unethical to give chicks less than normal feed, area, and oxygen after they are born. So it seems logical to also call it unethical to set an egg where the chicks if they develop towards 21 days (when they are virtually the same as hatched chicks) would get less than normal food, oxygen and space. If it is unethical to do that to a newborn chick why is it ethical to do it to a 20 day old chick in the shell? I don't understand where people are coming from.

 

[mdees88]

I don't understand where people are coming from.

Obviously....

My entire point is very simple. You are more than welcome to share your opinion on hatching double yolkers. But do not PREACH to us about "your peception" of the moral implications involved.

Please read post #6 by @JaeG , it was perfect. They stated their opinion without labeling others as immoral people for commiting something you view as an unethical act. Great post....

 

[mdees88]

I guess I'll repeat myself one last time since it appears I wasnt clear enough....

I'm not a "supporter" of hatching double yolkers, never said I was. I've never tried to hatch one. Ive never planned on hatching one because it has a slim chance of hatching, and I would just prefer to set a regular egg.... BUT I'm not going to sit here and criticize people who do try and hatch them.

You said you couldnt understand how someone could think hatching a double yolker is NOT unethical. And you wanted an argument FOR hatching them.

All I did was present that argument and offer an alternate viewpoint to the way you think. Neither is "right" neither is "wrong". They are nothing but simple opinions. But I'm not sure your able to see someone else's view since you've just been repeating yourself over and over in almost every single post (about giving a chick less than optimum resources). I mean you said it youself...

I don't understand where people are coming from.