Double yolked eggs

[wjallen05]

One of my girls laid a HUGE egg yesterday, I thought it might be a double yolker. I cracked it this morning and, sure enough! Two cute little yolks.

Curious... has anyone ever hatched out a double yolked egg? Wouldn't it be a mutated chick? Are double yolkers usually rare?

 

[chickenpiedpiper]

There is a video, either here or on you tube of a woman helping a double yolker hatch, but I think for the most part, they dont do well.

Good Luck!

 

[swtangel321]

It has been done, but doesn't happen often !!

Here's the link..... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=104245

 

[chickorama]

I've gotten 3 double yolked eggs, but never hatched them, from lack of a rooster. I guess they would probably be twins.

 

[Nemo]

We call one of our Buff Orps "Miss Jumbo" because she'll lay a jumbo egg a couple times a week, and their nearly always double-yolkers.

It's possible for one to hatch, but not really probable that you would get two chicks from it... One would prob'ly end up dying as the other out grew it.