double yolks

[Mrs. K]

I have had chickens for about 3 years. Numerous failures, but am doing well now. My question is do some chickens lay more double yolkers?

I have 4 res stars, a black one, a bared rock, and two buff orpintons. However, even though the buffs were the same age (I raised them) one hen was a lot bigger than the other hen, the smaller hen started laying about the same time the others did, but the big one, never did the egg squat, and I never found her in the nest. Just in the last week, she started doing the egg squat, nearly 2 1/2 months after her sisiter.

The weird thing is, is that I have had 4 double yolk eggs since she started laying. Huge eggs that won't fit into an egg carton.

these are the first double yolkers I have EVER had, and I really thought that they were a sporadic novelty, or a glich. But surely 4 of them in two weeks is kind of strange.

Any ideas? Mrs.K

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

Someone on here told me that they will lay double yolkers when they first start and their bodies are getting used to laying. My EE lays double yolkers once in a while and she's only been laying for about 7wks.

 

[GraceAK]

Buff Orps tend to lay more double yolkers from what I've heard. It may stop, it may not. Time will tell. Until then, that's awesome

 

[trunkman]

Had my first double yoker today. My hens just started laying about a month and a half ago. All white rocks, what a surprise and what a large egg, I get mostly medium speckled eggs,but one of the hens lays an extra large every day.