How doo you tell if you have a double yolk egg?

[BackYardQuail]

How do I know if an egg has two yolks? What are the chances of getting some? I don't want to risk incubating an egg with two yolks then having some sort of problem with the chicks inside.

 

[dc3085]

Weigh a normal large egg on a kitchen scale, then crack it open to be sure it has only one yolk. Any egg that weighs more or is larger than your "marker" egg is probably a double yolker. If you use an autoturner they usually won't fit, get broken by the rails, or fall out of the hole.

 

[htownfarmer]

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i am getting double yolk eggs, has anyone incubated their double yolkers?

i wish to incubated my own eggs. is 80 ambient temp too warm, until i collect enough?

i am planning on collecting around 15 eggs for incubation. instead of bothering JMF.

i guess i could just save and eat the double yolks. i think i can tell the difference from the weight. one in each hand. doubles are a little bigger.

i have had about 4 doubles. this is my second hatch on JMF cots.

i have collected 10 eggs in 4 days, from 8 hens.

i have two pens with 1 roo and 4 hens

94 degrees in the shade, i do have fans that i turn on at 90 degrees.

will probably get hotter in southeast texas.

thanks

 

[Quail Jailer]

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i am getting double yolk eggs, has anyone incubated their double yolkers?

i wish to incubated my own eggs. is 80 ambient temp too warm, until i collect enough?

i am planning on collecting around 15 eggs for incubation. instead of bothering JMF.

i guess i could just save and eat the double yolks. i think i can tell the difference from the weight. one in each hand. doubles are a little bigger.

i have had about 4 doubles. this is my second hatch on JMF cots.

i have collected 10 eggs in 4 days, from 8 hens.

i have two pens with 1 roo and 4 hens

94 degrees in the shade, i do have fans that i turn on at 90 degrees.

will probably get hotter in southeast texas.

thanks

I have not intentionally incubated a double, I've always heard they don't do well (except on the table)

Yes I think 80 is too warm, some might disagree. I try to store my eggs between 50-70 degrees
@ 55% relative humidity as best I can.

You should be getting an egg per day per healthy hen, but I suppose it could be the heat.

What are you feeding?

 

[CrazyQuailLady]

bumping

i am getting double yolk eggs, has anyone incubated their double yolkers?

i wish to incubated my own eggs. is 80 ambient temp too warm, until i collect enough?

i am planning on collecting around 15 eggs for incubation. instead of bothering JMF.

i guess i could just save and eat the double yolks. i think i can tell the difference from the weight. one in each hand. doubles are a little bigger.

i have had about 4 doubles. this is my second hatch on JMF cots.

i have collected 10 eggs in 4 days, from 8 hens.

i have two pens with 1 roo and 4 hens

94 degrees in the shade, i do have fans that i turn on at 90 degrees.

will probably get hotter in southeast texas.

thanks

I have only incubated once before as I am new to raising quails, but when I bought my eggs the guy gave me a double yolker. I knew the double yolker most likely wouldn't hatch after all the reading up I did on it, but I put it in the incubator anyway because I had lots of room. Afterwards I did an eggtopsy on it. The fetus developed until maybe around the day 6-7 stage and then died. I compared how it looked with quail egg developmental charts.

 

[JJSS89]

Unless you have extremely limited space, just toss 'em in the bator...at least that is what I would do. BTW, all the quail double yolked eggs I have seen are gigantic compared to the regular eggs. Much longer, it isn't even comparable.