Has anybody seen a double yolk egg with one yellow yolk and one clear yolk?

[Chrisb8194]

 

[Perris]

I haven't. Seems to be completely missing the lutein. They were from one shell yes (your thread title and photo imply that)? New layer?

If answers to both are 'yes', I imagine it's just a glitch while that bird's system is getting started. (Obviously it has nothing to do with diet if they were from a single double yolk egg.)

If 'no', can you provide some more info?

 

[Chrisb8194]

I haven't. Seems to be completely missing the lutein. They were from one shell yes (your thread title and photo imply that)? New layer?

If answers to both are 'yes', I imagine it's just a glitch while that bird's system is getting started. (Obviously it has nothing to do with diet if they were from a single double yolk egg.)

If 'no', can you provide some more info?

Yes, both the yolks were from one egg. Unfortunately, I don't know the age of the hen. A family friend recently died and her husband was getting rid of all 40 chickens and I was able to get 8 of them. The husband doesn't know much about the chickens

 

[Perris]

Some hens sometimes lay double yolkers, when two get released at the same time instead of just one, but it seems to have no impact other than make the egg bigger than usual (so passing it can be an issue for some hens). There's not much you can do about it even if you wanted to, so I'd be stoical and wouldn't worry about it.

Sorry to read of your personal loss, but happy to read of your chicken gain.

 

[Chrisb8194]

Some hens sometimes lay double yolkers, when two get released at the same time instead of just one, but it seems to have no impact other than make the egg bigger than usual (so passing it can be an issue for some hens). There's not much you can do about it even if you wanted to, so I'd be stoical and wouldn't worry about it.

Sorry to read of your personal loss, but happy to read of your chicken gain.

I understand about the double yolk. I just couldn't find anything online about two different colored yolks in one egg. Thank you

 

[Ridgerunner]

Not only have I never seen that, I've never seen a yolk that clear. When you cooked it did it have a normal texture like a yolk?

The yolk color comes from certain carotenes the hen eats. The way the yolks develop, starting out as a tiny ova and gradually growing to yolk size I don't see how you can get that much color difference in two yolks in a double yolked egg. As slow as the yolks grow you'd think they'd balance out in color a lot more than that.

That defied logic but I guess you don't get guarantees with living animals.

 

[Chrisb8194]

Yes the yolk was normal consistency. Thanks for all the info