Monster egg

[MROO]

That would be so cool. I have a Black Jersey Giant cockerel and an Easter Egger cockerel. Ok that does it, it's going in the incubator with the CCLs and Crele Penedesencas that just arrived.

Y'all can follow along in either of these threads:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...day-hatch-along.1682522/page-19#post-29026425

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...dy-and-everything-thereafter.1672919/page-166

Be sure to check out some of the other twinning hatches, or put out an all-call request for advice from people who have had successful twin hatches. It might "up" the chances for yours!

 

[MROO]

SHHHH

(You won't hear a "peep" out of any of us!)

 

[Indio Gigante Lover]

I often wondered if double yolks had any chance of hatching, great to here that a few have had success with twins! I got my 1st ever triple yolk egg this week. Well actually I didn't, but I put a really big egg in a carton I gave to neighbor & in a few hours she was calling to tell me of her prize.

 

[BissonChicks]

Out of curiosity I've gotten in the habit of weighing my larger eggs. They typically run 55-60g. I have 4 Jersey Giants pullets (3 black, 1 Blue) and I assume they're laying those eggs. I saw this egg and I was shocked at the size, so of course I had to weigh it. And yes, this came from a chicken, I only have chickens. I say that because a friend I texted the picture too thought I got ducks or turkeys to get an egg that big
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My 2 wyandottes usually lay eggs in the upper 60s to 70s. Yesterday we got a whopping 93 gm egg! Ouch! I had it for breakfast today. It was a double yolk.

 

[RcoM]

Out of curiosity I've gotten in the habit of weighing my larger eggs. They typically run 55-60g. I have 4 Jersey Giants pullets (3 black, 1 Blue) and I assume they're laying those eggs. I saw this egg and I was shocked at the size, so of course I had to weigh it. And yes, this came from a chicken, I only have chickens. I say that because a friend I texted the picture too thought I got ducks or turkeys to get an egg that big
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Ha ha! Nice!! I had a double yolker from my Sussex and one weighed 90g. It has happened before too

 

[RcoM]

Looks like it could be a double yolker. Should I incubate it?
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No

 

[Mark Park]

Out of curiosity I've gotten in the habit of weighing my larger eggs. They typically run 55-60g. I have 4 Jersey Giants pullets (3 black, 1 Blue) and I assume they're laying those eggs. I saw this egg and I was shocked at the size, so of course I had to weigh it. And yes, this came from a chicken, I only have chickens. I say that because a friend I texted the picture too thought I got ducks or turkeys to get an egg that big

Out of curiosity I've gotten in the habit of weighing my larger eggs. They typically run 55-60g. I have 4 Jersey Giants pullets (3 black, 1 Blue) and I assume they're laying those eggs. I saw this egg and I was shocked at the size, so of course I had to weigh it. And yes, this came from a chicken, I only have chickens. I say that because a friend I texted the picture too thought I got ducks or turkeys to get an egg that big
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Some chickens will lay ridiculously large eggs when they are just starting to lay. They eventually get to a more normal size.

Does it have two yolks?

 

[Rillowen]

Some chickens will lay ridiculously large eggs when they are just starting to lay. They eventually get to a more normal size.

Does it have two yolks?

We had a huge double yolks from one of our pullets last week too. We didnt weigh it, but it was physically almost twice the size of the normal eggs, which run around 57-60g. We didn't incubate it though, it was a double yolk.

 

[redinator]

Some chickens will lay ridiculously large eggs when they are just starting to lay. They eventually get to a more normal size.

Does it have two yolks?

I just candled yesterday (day 6) and it looks like one yolk from what I can tell.

The double yolker is toward the end of the video