Double yolk eggs???

[Julia-Rose]

Today while driving, I saw several double yolk egg selling farmers!
I was wondering, is there a specific thing to feed my hens to make them lay double or multiple yolks???
Help would be awesome!

 

[dsqard]

I haven't heard of anything you can feed your chickens to get them to lay double yolk eggs. I just got my first double yolker last week. It was out of a hen that was over a year old. It was totally a surprise.

 

[Julia-Rose]

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Well I've heard that birds with a near perfect diet produce double yolkers?????
Thanks for the welcome, but I'm an old member returning

 

[Nicola]

Double yolker's isn't associated with what you feed them its just a glitch in the egg laying system causing them to sometimes release 2 yolks instead of one. Sometimes one hen will randomly lay double yolker's, sometimes they will just do it once, as it is a really just a glitch in the system.

 

[sumi]

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Well I've heard that birds with a near perfect diet produce double yolkers?????
Thanks for the welcome, but I'm an old member returning

Welcome back
My layers started with pullet eggs, then laid a few huge double yolkers before settling down to normal eggs.

 

[Julia-Rose]

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Well I've heard that birds with a near perfect diet produce double yolkers?????
Thanks for the welcome, but I'm an old member returning

Welcome back
My layers started with pullet eggs, then laid a few huge double yolkers before settling down to normal eggs.

Thanks

Oh alright, explains why my new ones just laid double yolkers and stopped.

 

[epeloquin]

I know that some Amish raise chickens that lay double-yolkers all the time. I know it can be random but there are some hens who will lay doubles consistently.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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It's more likely that they have a very large egg business.

We keep 2500 layers here and produce for an organic co-op. We take the largest of the eggs, Jumbos and Super Jumbos, and sell them direct from the farm. Almost all of them are double-yolkers although they are still just a small portion of our total production.

 

[chicken_chik]

I have a hen that laid a double yolker every other day for about a month. It seems her system is finding a rhythm cuz I haven't had one for about a week now. I looked forward to getting twice the gold in one shell...but glad her system is functioning "normally" now.

UPDATE: She's back to laying double yokers this week! Love it!!

 

[nanawendy]

Some of my girls lay double yolkers @ first...Then they get going into a normal rhythm. A childhood friend had a commercial chicken farm and would candle to find doubles,,, then sell them for twice the price