My Leghorn's second double yolk in less than 2 weeks!

[treslilbirds]

Well I found out what all the squawking was about this morning. Both of my Leghorns are laying now so I'm not sure who popped this one out, but Dorothy laid her first before Sophia started so...yeah...who knows. But look at it! (Other eggs for scale)

Love my girls so much.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

New pullets frequently lay odd eggs till they get the machinery kinks worked out.

 

[treslilbirds]

I know. I didn't really find it odd, just exciting to me is all I guess. I don't have any friends or family out here besides my husband so this is the only place I have to talk to my chickens about.
I guess I find it more exciting than I should lol.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

So, silly question, but if that double yolker had been fertile and brooded, would it have hatched? Twins?

 

[treslilbirds]

So, silly question, but if that double yolker had been fertile and brooded, would it have hatched? Twins?

I read another thread on here one day about that if it did develop, one or both of the chicks wouldn't survive. I'm not sure though.

 

[peepers93]

I totally get the excitement! My flock just started laying last week (10 pullets, 4 have started laying so far). One of my Amberlinks has layed 3 double yolkers in a week! She lays every other day and so far every one has been huge. My six year old daughter thinks it's the coolest thing in the world lol!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I know. I didn't really find it odd, just exciting to me is all I guess. I don't have any friends or family out here besides my husband so this is the only place I have to talk to my chickens about.
I guess I find it more exciting than I should lol.

I feel you on that. We have a big local chicken meetup group here that we can share chicken stories with.
I've heard of other multiple yolk eggs like 3 and 4 but I've never seen one.

So, silly question, but if that double yolker had been fertile and brooded, would it have hatched? Twins?

Twins almost never hatch. Basically, twinning is a death sentence.
Mammals' abdomens can expand and the embryos can extract all the nutrition they need from the mother.
When an egg is laid, that is all the space and nutrition there will ever be. If an embryo makes it full term and does hatch, it will most likely be compromised.