Do bantams lay double yolkers?

[Jster]

And if so, how big are they? Anyone have a picture?

Just a random topic I was wondering about...

 

[pattypenny]

my bantams have never laid double yolk eggs.I have had bantams for 6 years.

 

[cmom]

I don't know about bantams. When my standards started laying. I got a lot when they first started laying, but now once in a great while I might get one.

 

[Frizzledhen]

I know that bantam cochins can and do lay double yolkers.

 

[cajunlizz]

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What age do cochins start laying ?

 

[Frizzledhen]

They usually start around 20 to 24 weeks. I had a little pullet hatch out a clutch of eggs and she was just over 5 months old. I think she laid her first egg and decided to sit at the same time. I also think the time of year will affect when they start to lay. Spring will hasten egg laying and the fall (shorter days) will slow down egg laying.

 

[@migocontodos~]

I'm sure it's possible that they can...but in my 30+ years of raising them, I've never seen it!
I'm having visions of two tiny little yolks!

 

[Frizzledhen]

Actually the yolks are pretty much normal. It is just 2 eggs in one shell. Granted the egg shell is bigger than normal. It usually happens with young pullets still getting things figured out.

 

[BirdBoy88]

i had one banty hen lay a double yolk one time it was her 3rd egg but that was almost 2 years ago and she never laid another double yolker since then

 

[CK Chickadilly]

Mine never have.
Their yolks are so large in that tiny shell, doubles probably wouldn't fit!