how common? double yolks

[txmel]

how common is it for a hen who has only been laying for about 3 week to lay a double yolk egg? i ask this because mine has layed 2 so far out of the10 eggs she has layed. she is an ee and is 26 weeks old. thanks

 

[SunnyDawn]

Believe it or not it is much more common in young pullets than in full grown hens. I haven't had a double yolker in a while and I used to get quite a few when my gals were first starting out. So I looked it up. It seems to take them awhile to get real regular eggs consistently.

 

[feathersnuggles]

Young pullets, especially my earliest layers, had double yolks for a while.

 

[dichotomymom]

Both my sl wyandottes and ee's had double yolkers and huge eggs when they first started out. Now that they're mature, they rarely lay either.

 

[MuranoFarms]

I got 2 in the last week from my 5 1/2 month old splash marans pullet. It seems to be pretty common to me.