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I have searched through the forum, but could not find any threads regarding this topic, so...
We bought our very first chicks this past spring at the local Tractor Supply, after constructing a tractor coop from tips/pics/info from this site. We purchased a dozen, nine of which are reds & sex links, three of a lighter colored egg/meat type, all pullets. The three lighter colored "pullets" started crowing and jumping hens few months later:/ The three "hensters" are actually very handsome fellows, Buff Orpingtons by the look of them (one of them is my profile pic). Now that we happen to have ready access to fertile eggs, we are in the process of constructing an incubator
SO, here is my question. One hen lays very large eggs, of very high quality. Some (maybe 30%) of those are double yolks (which we like) but not all. I know that it is not possible to hatch a twin egg, but by incubating the large singleton eggs of that hen, would her female offspring also have a higher tendency to lay double yolk eggs?
Is there any way to candle for twins...or at what point would they be overcrowded and stop developing? (I can see the potential for a stinky mess here).
Thank you all for this site!
We bought our very first chicks this past spring at the local Tractor Supply, after constructing a tractor coop from tips/pics/info from this site. We purchased a dozen, nine of which are reds & sex links, three of a lighter colored egg/meat type, all pullets. The three lighter colored "pullets" started crowing and jumping hens few months later:/ The three "hensters" are actually very handsome fellows, Buff Orpingtons by the look of them (one of them is my profile pic). Now that we happen to have ready access to fertile eggs, we are in the process of constructing an incubator

SO, here is my question. One hen lays very large eggs, of very high quality. Some (maybe 30%) of those are double yolks (which we like) but not all. I know that it is not possible to hatch a twin egg, but by incubating the large singleton eggs of that hen, would her female offspring also have a higher tendency to lay double yolk eggs?
Is there any way to candle for twins...or at what point would they be overcrowded and stop developing? (I can see the potential for a stinky mess here).
Thank you all for this site!