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Holycrap! Not only have I never had a triple yolker before but I have never even heard of this happening!
I have had a few double yolkers this year http://lilleahwest.deviantart.com/a.....Eggs-545652299 but this, this is new, and as a chicken owner this is more exciting than it should be lol.
Hens who are new to laying eggs are prone to abnormalities, namely doubled yolks, I did not know three were possible though!
The shell this came from is the cracked one to the side and I am not sure who is laying these light tan eggs yet as we have only gotten 2, the other being a much smaller normal one.
I know the dark tan egg came from Ooccoo, the teal is either Muffin or Chickpea, and the little pale egg is from Buttered Toast.
And yes that teal egg is is naturally colored, I have a pair of Ameraucana which naturally lay eggs that color :D
I have had a few double yolkers this year http://lilleahwest.deviantart.com/a.....Eggs-545652299 but this, this is new, and as a chicken owner this is more exciting than it should be lol.
Hens who are new to laying eggs are prone to abnormalities, namely doubled yolks, I did not know three were possible though!
The shell this came from is the cracked one to the side and I am not sure who is laying these light tan eggs yet as we have only gotten 2, the other being a much smaller normal one.
I know the dark tan egg came from Ooccoo, the teal is either Muffin or Chickpea, and the little pale egg is from Buttered Toast.
And yes that teal egg is is naturally colored, I have a pair of Ameraucana which naturally lay eggs that color :D
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I think they definitely would have died before fully forming because there's barely room for one chick in an egg, let along 3.
But I imagine if they had impossibly made it, or had a LOT of assistance, maybe they'd be very small/slightly underdeveloped, or possible formed together into attached triplets? Don't take my word for it, though, I'm making an uneducated guess. I've never studied very deeply into that kind of thing.
But I imagine if they had impossibly made it, or had a LOT of assistance, maybe they'd be very small/slightly underdeveloped, or possible formed together into attached triplets? Don't take my word for it, though, I'm making an uneducated guess. I've never studied very deeply into that kind of thing.
my first time seeing this, i need to show my parents in the morning, double yokes happen when the chickens get fed well and a lot and have plenty of water, i have chickens here and we get double yokes VERRY often and my chickens are over 1 year old, wen we slow down on the feed or water, the double yokes stop
In Europe brown eggs are most common, I know in Holland the Welsummer was rather popular for this.
In the US white eggs are preferred, and thoroughly washed with bleach water in the factory (something you cannot do with a brown egg, the brown will come off). These are often laid by leghorns.
Blue eggs are caused by a harmless retrovirus, passed along through genetics.
Teal and olive green eggs are blue eggs with some degree of brown deposited over the blue shell. Blue eggshells are blue throughout, brown eggs are just white eggs with a brown coating. Tan/cream eggs just have a little bit of brown on top. Purple/Pink eggs have a thick coat of 'bloom', a protective cover that keep bacteria out of eggs. Mixing these genetics gets you all sort of awesome colors
I personally get cream, tan, light brown, medium brown, dark brown, blue, green, olive and speckled from my chickens. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17762496
In the US white eggs are preferred, and thoroughly washed with bleach water in the factory (something you cannot do with a brown egg, the brown will come off). These are often laid by leghorns.
Blue eggs are caused by a harmless retrovirus, passed along through genetics.
Teal and olive green eggs are blue eggs with some degree of brown deposited over the blue shell. Blue eggshells are blue throughout, brown eggs are just white eggs with a brown coating. Tan/cream eggs just have a little bit of brown on top. Purple/Pink eggs have a thick coat of 'bloom', a protective cover that keep bacteria out of eggs. Mixing these genetics gets you all sort of awesome colors
I personally get cream, tan, light brown, medium brown, dark brown, blue, green, olive and speckled from my chickens. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17762496
The speckled ones are so cute.
I bet they are all very tasty (if you eat them of course)
We've actually gotten a few pink ones, but not often.
And recently cracked open a double yolker, which the lady who gives them to us, usually keeps those for herself.
Guess one slipped.
Chicken eggs are apparently a very popular subject.
I bet they are all very tasty (if you eat them of course)
We've actually gotten a few pink ones, but not often.
And recently cracked open a double yolker, which the lady who gives them to us, usually keeps those for herself.
Guess one slipped.
Chicken eggs are apparently a very popular subject.
Backyard eggs honestly don't taste all THAT different from store bought, but they are much fresher and don't appear so anemic. And I know my birds don't get antibiotics.
I have one blue egg layer that lays double yolkers fairly consistently. I also have an olive egger that lays yolkless eggs regularly, I am sort of concerned about that.. that cannot be healthy. Any odd laying patterns can be reason for concern, especially in older birds. It's common for weird laying issues in young birds, as their systems are still sorting themselves out.
I have one blue egg layer that lays double yolkers fairly consistently. I also have an olive egger that lays yolkless eggs regularly, I am sort of concerned about that.. that cannot be healthy. Any odd laying patterns can be reason for concern, especially in older birds. It's common for weird laying issues in young birds, as their systems are still sorting themselves out.
That does sound concerning.
But I can't really say for sure since I am not a bird owner myself.
Though for me I can definitely taste the difference in the eggs we buy here and the yard eggs given to us.
The yard eggs have very rich yolky flavors and their color in the pan is much brighter when scrambled.
But these are only our personal experiences n stuff.
But I can't really say for sure since I am not a bird owner myself.
Though for me I can definitely taste the difference in the eggs we buy here and the yard eggs given to us.
The yard eggs have very rich yolky flavors and their color in the pan is much brighter when scrambled.
But these are only our personal experiences n stuff.
Ooooh, have you ever seen what robins' eggs look like? http://www.cnbhomes.com/wp-content/.....blue-zNvHL.jpg
But yeah, chickens have a pretty surprising variety in egg color if you get the right breeds. We mostly have pale brown layers at our house, but we have a couple dark brown layers, and one teal layer like the one in Beastcub's photo here.
But yeah, chickens have a pretty surprising variety in egg color if you get the right breeds. We mostly have pale brown layers at our house, but we have a couple dark brown layers, and one teal layer like the one in Beastcub's photo here.
Yes, so there is a fully formed egg (yolk and white, with a shell) inside another fully formed egg. Its really kinda trippy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTrroGVOo0w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTrroGVOo0w
yeah, my grandmother has laying hens, and they lay from green to blue, some times white, but its still the best flavored egg ever. Its because it has yet to go through all that processing like store bought eggs do I think, and the feed is most likely better. Happy animals always equal better tasting food. :)
This is actually a lot more common than people think.
It's really cool when it happens, but it the egg had gotten fertilized, it would have died. it's a lot like when a woman releases 2 eggs and they both get fertilized, typically there's twins, but we have a lot more room in our wombs, eggs, not so much. Bet it was tasty though!
It's really cool when it happens, but it the egg had gotten fertilized, it would have died. it's a lot like when a woman releases 2 eggs and they both get fertilized, typically there's twins, but we have a lot more room in our wombs, eggs, not so much. Bet it was tasty though!
Having farmed before this is not all that unusual. It often happens when there is a sudden spike in protein and calcium in the food the chickens feed on. Sometimes i have had 5 or 6 double yoke eggs in in one day's collection. Normally if fertile only one hatching emerges from these double or tripple yoke eggs. Two "healthy" hatchings from one egg is extremely rare for chickens although it happens more often with ducks and geese.
I've heard of this from other backyard chicken keepers. It's not super common, but it happens more often than you'd think, and it is cool when it happens. I've heard of some hens that very consistently lay double-yolk eggs. And I love it when I manage to get one (even though I prefer my eggs scrambled, but still). I'm waiting on my chooks to start laying, but should be soon! Mine were hatched May this year, so hopefully in the next month or so I'll start seeing eggs.
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