Question about double yolks

[Tommie Hockett]

So first off I normally dont hatch my own eggs however we are thinking about buying an incubator this year. My wife brought up a good question. If you incubate a fertilized double yolk egg would you get twins or would one chick absorb the other yolk?

 

[lomine]

Most times, both yolks (not the yolks themselves of course but the fertilized cells) will start developing but will die during incubation. If they make it to hatch, most times one or both will die while hatching because they both can't pip and zip. It's not recommended that you incubate double yolkers.

 

[Pretty Birds]

You will get twins. I have never incubated a double yolk egg, but from what I have heard it is not a good idea.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Some have tried, more times heartache than success even if they do hatch.

Think about it ....
Twins developing in that egg ... How much room do they have to grow?
When pipping/zipping, there's only one air sac & so much air. It takes hours before a chick is out of the shell.

 

[Tommie Hockett]

Thanks guys I appreciate it. I wasn't planning on doing it I was just curious and my wife and I were discussing the possiblilities.
I am still in the research phase of buying an incubator. All that I know is that I dont want one of the small styrofoam ones from tsc. We are looking into one of the cabinet style ones