This Can't be Normal!!

[redsoxrule]

Could I still get double yolkers after tthy've matured?

 

[Matt Berry]

Yes double yolkers and any of the other egg "problems" can show up in mature hens, especially if they are under stress.

 

[Barnyard Dawg]

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I haven't seen any double yolks from my mature chickens and very rarely a soft shell, not to say it can't happen.

 

[Sparkalator]

Is there a breed of chicken that lays nothing but double yokes? The fruit market here sells eggs and they claim they are all double yokes. They are brown and huge, you get a flat of 18 eggs for $6. I haven't bought any yet but was wondering, because I always thought like most of you here that it was just a fluke.

 

[speckledhen]

I own a pullet whose Buff Orp mother comes from a line of Orps known for laying double yolkers. Meg herself started out by laying a double yolk every other time then slacked off some. Those at the market may be from a line like that.

 

[Sparkalator]

I've wanted to buy some to try them, but don't really need them as my girls give me plenty of eggs. Besides, if I did they might think that I am cheating on them.

 

[rescuemom]

I had an egg today that the shell was almost white. Typically, my girls
produce brown eggs. Should I turn a light on so they continue to lay or
is this rest period a natural rest time that should not be disturbed?
Thanks, I am a new chick mom, we have 6 girls and one very ornory
rooster!

 

[SpottedCrow]

As long as everything is else is fine with the birds, double yolkers are perfectly normal...

When Obelisk started laying, I got:
half shells
no shells
jawbreaker looking eggs-eggs within eggs within eggs

 

[mufflerchick]

It's pretty amazing the differences in eggs...we've had VERY large jumbos that were double yolkers, very thin shelled eggs, and even double shelled eggs. It's kinda a surprise every morning!!

 

[WindingRoad]

This is the WEIRDEST thing. Our three hens have been laying for about a month now. So far we have gotten 2 double yolkers! (one we know is a double and the other we just got this morning is huge, so I'm guessing it's a double yolker) My poor girl! the egg weighs like a 1/4 of her weight it soooo weird!

I got an 88 gram egg. That's almost a quarter of a pound. It was not a double yolker. I think I have gotten one double. I have WLH that lay in the 79-84 range. Nada doubles.