I have a HUGE egg, double yolker? Should I try and hatch it? UPDATE

[Davaroo]

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Which reminds me of something that once happened:


I was driving along a rural road one day when I saw a three legged chicken running down the road. I was amused enough to drive along side it for a while, when I noticed the chicken was pacing me at 30 mph.

"Pretty fast chicken," I thought. "I wonder just how fast it can run...." So I sped up - and the chicken did too!
We were now moving along the road at 45 mph!

So I sped up again, and to my surprise, the chicken ran off ahead of me at 55 mph!!!

Suddenly the chicken turned off the road and ran down a long dirt driveway leading to a farmhouse. I followed the speedy bird to the house and saw a man in the yard - surrounded by dozens of three legged chickens. I leaped from the car and called to the farmer,

"Hey! How did you get all these three legged chickens?"

The farmer replied, "Oh, I breed 'em here on my farm. Ya see it's just me, my wife and my son living here and we all like eating chicken legs. Since a chicken only has TWO legs, I started breeding this here THREE legged variety so we could all eat our favorite piece off one chicken."

"That's amazing!" I said. "How do they taste?"


"Don't rightly know," the farmer said, dryly. "I ain't been able to catch one so's I can find out!"

 

[mstricer]

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I think they are also cool for eating that is I wont do it. Its almost always a death sentence and why would you want to do that to an unborn chick.....Just so you could say you tried it, sad.

 

[mstricer]

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Which reminds me of something that once happened:


I was driving along a rural road one day when I saw a three legged chicken running down the road. I was amused enough to drive along side it for a while, when I noticed the chicken was pacing me at 30 mph.

"Pretty fast chicken," I thought. "I wonder just how fast it can run...." So I sped up - and the chicken did too!
We were now moving along the road at 45 mph!

So I sped up again, and to my surprise, the chicken ran off ahead of me at 55 mph!!!

Suddenly the chicken turned off the road and ran down a long dirt driveway leading to a farmhouse. I followed the speedy bird to the house and saw a man in the yard - surrounded by dozens of three legged chickens. I leaped from the car and called to the farmer,

"Hey! How did you get all these three legged chickens?"

The farmer replied, "Oh, I breed 'em here on my farm. Ya see it's just me, my wife and my son living here and we all like eating chicken legs. Since a chicken only has TWO legs, I started breeding this here THREE legged variety so we could all eat our favorite piece off one chicken."

"That's amazing!" I said. "How do they taste?"


"Don't rightly know," the farmer said, dryly. "I ain't been able to catch one so's I can find out!"

 

[raimnel]

REALLY????

 

[dianneS]

Well, I gave it a shot with the double yolker. It never hatched. I think it died a few days before hatching.

I think the hen that laid that egg is too old. I tried to research if a hens age has anything to do with the viability of her fertile eggs, but couldn't find any information. I have tried to hatch about a dozen of her eggs so far and only one hatched successfully, the rest never even survived to hatch day, all dying around day 16 or so.

I won't be attempting to hatch any of that hens eggs anymore! Her age must have something to do with it, when every other egg from other hens hatches with no problems at all.

But no twins here.

 

[Davaroo]

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At this point I would like to say two things:

1. Good for you - you gave it a shot. There is no rule that says you cant attempt to hatch doubles; pundits and know-it-alls to the contrary.

2. I told you so. The fact remains that the odds are very long that anything will come of it. Those who say it works for them should buy a lottery ticket.

Viability of the egg is primarily determined by the vigor of the parent stock, so yes, the hen has something to do with it. Both the cock and the hen are mixed up in this business, as we know. you have to ensure the hen is mated by the cock, that is number one. She may not be taking him or he not mounting her. It happens.

But she may be predisposed to in-viability, as you surmise. This means she is a cull candidate, if you are looking to maintain good breeding stock. If you dont mind feeding her and she is producing eggs, then there is no harm. "No foul, none called," as they say.

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

Yeah I hatched one before just for curiousity. One came out very large and the other small
and with defective gimpy leg. The gimpy chick died about two weeks later. Overall it wasn't
really worth it on purpose.

I also hatched one of the wind eggs that had a yolk. It came out smaller (bantam sized) but,
grew to a full size RIR. It wasn't worth it either because that chick required special attention
since it was 1/3 size of the other chicks and they stepped on it.