Twins??

[Cynthia12]

I have hatched many eggs, but I have never seen what I think I'm seeing. Twins? I swear there are two different little bodies moving around in there. I am 14 days out now. I've made sure I know which egg it is that I'm wondering about when hatching time comes. This will be interesting if it happens..a first...

Cynthia

 

[KellyHM]

That happens with double yolkers. Unfortunately they don't usually make it b/c the chicks don't have room in the shell to pip and hatch. There are a couple people on here who have hatched them successfully by helping them out at exactly the right time.

 

[Cynthia12]

Thanks Kelly,

Helping them out makes sense, and the right time..I will have to get on the net here and do some reading and watching I guess. I have helped chicks out plenty of times, success every time so far..so...I will be sad if there are two, and it doesn't work, but like I said, first time..a first time for everything..also, one could be developed fine, the other may not...some of the things I've heard.

Anyway, will find out! It is a large egg.

Cynthia

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Good luck. Can you take a pic of the egg w/double yolk. They are always interesting to see.

 

[kathyinmo]

I just recently had a double yolker egg incubating. Certainly not purposely .... I would never do that. At the end of my hatch, when I eggtopsied, I discovered two dead chicks inside an egg. It just made me sick (sad). The egg was a large egg, but not a Jumbo egg. I just assumed it was a large egg from my cochin.

Nope, I would never purposely try to hatch a double yolker.