So... my girl started laying YAY! But is this a double yolk'er?

[Webbigail]

My Cayuga started laying about a week ago and yesterday she laid the same size egg as the one to the right (that's actually the egg she laid today). That one was cracked though so I opened it in a bowl and there were two yolks connected and fertilized. Is this happening cause she just started laying for the first time? Is this common? Should I get rid of this egg? Or would twins survive? Help!

 

[Wifezilla]

Double-yolkers can happen with new layers...at least in chickens. Don't see why it would be different for ducks. Someone even hatched some double yolkers.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

I've been getting some double yolkers from my ducks recently ... twice as good !

 

[Ducklove334]

My old pekin Omlet layed double-yolked eggs all through out her laying, I once got two double yolkers from her that were both fertilized by my runner drake, both had twins but I um...*ahem* accidentally killed them both

 

[vfem]

They can be hatched with care... but I would go nuts to eat up a yummy double yolk duck egg!!!!!