Double Yolk Eggs! Why do they happen?

[@speerrituall1]

We purchase our double yolkers at the farmers market in DC. Have been buying them over 30 years.

[@rheadabovewater]

Aw Ben, I can tell that your pullets love you ❤️. I had chicken 20 yrs ago and loved having them - they were such characters!

[@shitoisumi3778]

Ohh nice

[@cherinystedt2824]

Here in a city of 150 thousand+ people, I found a market that carries double yolked eggs as a product. Looks awkward on their shelf as they come in large (12" square?) paper mache egg flats wrapped with plastic saran wrap type film. No labeling, no UPS code, no nuthin. Our daughter came to visit so I pranked her by replacing our regular eggs with the double yolkers as I knew she wanted to bake something when she visited. Prank worked beautifully - first double yolker solicited an exclamation of surprise when she cracked it, but upon cracking the second egg, she soon found out that she had been pranked. Anyway, we find that these eggs really shine when used for egg salad as they make for a creamier, less runny egg salad mix.

[@ederadee]

This is an awesome story, thanks for sharing!! ❤

[@highbaritone]

Thank you. I always buy XL eggs and once all twelve eggs were double yokes.

[@blueberryangelz]

my mom also got the XL and all twelve had double yokes. that was before she gave birth to my sister and me (twins). we have no hereditary genetics in our families, thus she even thinks it might be related to the double yokes. Is that possible?

[@leafster1337]

@@blueberryangelz haha no. my dads from vietnam and they say this as well. he ate a lot of twin fruits growing up, especially bananas. everyone said he was going to have twins and here i am a twin. i think its a global phenomenon. the thinking may go “that person eats a lot of double food, theyre going to have twins...” but then doesnt, so no one cares and forgets. but if they do end of having twins “see i its true everyone!” everyone remembers as it seems theyre connected. “put 2 and 2 together”

[@sonofwhowas9429]

TODAYS SUNDAY THE 13TH and i had 2 double yolked eggs in order twice, i say its a signal of prosperity because you get more. a blessing.

[@BBrinkmanGFX]

This was really informative and interesting to listen to! Thanks for sharing.

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

“A Flock Of Chickens” one of my favorite 70’s pop bands

[@user-in5ru2cd9l]

Lol flock of seagulls

[@chianti95]

I had one the other day from an “extra large” carton … but the two yolks were joined together. Definitely caught my attention!

[@larrywright5700]

I'm waiting patiently for sourdough starter to mature so I can bake the much anticipated sourdough bread, following your advise carefully.. I decided to see what else you have... Eggs from your own chickens... A couple of years ago at Schnuck's grocery store I bought (a couple of times) double yolked eggs... Back to my starter.. thanks so much for your precise teaching...

[@templenaff5598]

I’m outside of Ft Worth. My Black Stars lay x-large double yolks quite often.

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Howdy, neighbor!

[@mossygreenlog]

I have a black jersey giant hen that made a lot of double yolkers. Not sure why but it was cool to keep getting them.

[@flyovercountry8817]

Great video! We have had backyard chickens for 3 yrs now and love them! The first year, we received several fresh eggs with double yolks and enjoyed eating them as much as we did all of the wonderful tasting fresh eggs.

[@patriotsfan1236]

Freaking love double yokers!!!!!

[@avahamlincoln874]

I bought eggs at the store a few days ago and I got a double yoke. I wish I could show you a picture of it and my Chickie's are at a stage where they can start having chicks

[@nancyanderson6404]

I just got a whole dozen eggs that are double yolkers from a farmer and it's february right now. Maybe that's because the chickens are young. They make the best scrambled eggs. So because of your video I'm going to go to the same farmer and get some more before the chickens wise up😂

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

Always good to see you on video, Ben. Stay safe!

[@b.e.d.brewing3909]

Great video, makes me want to start measuring my back yard to start a flock! :-)

[@carlapilbro1344]

I found an organic farmers place the other day, and the eggs were large, ive had double yolk eggs all week, it been such a quality feeling 😊

[@SquidSlayer3000]

I had a white leghorn that only layed double yokers every day for a couple of months no cap

[@DatNguyen160]

love it Ben! you are my favorite local celebrity chef

[@Word_For_Word]

Love your shirt 😂

[@salinamartin8711]

You are so right about chickens making you laugh! About 6months ago my daughter found a chick and called me and asked if I would take it in. I had been thinking about raising 3 or 4 chickens for eggs but wasn't set up yet. But I couldn't resist. So I now have a pet Rhode Island Red hen! We have a coop in progress but I have a Guinea pig pen in the house she sleeps in at night. She has an enclosure where she spends her days in our yard. But I have to say she is in the house off and on during the day. She follows me around everywhere and she makes me and my husband laugh so hard every day! During covid it has been a bright spot in our life! This coming spring I am going to add 2 more chicks (hens) to the flock and we are so excited. I get 5 to 6 eggs a week from her. But I don't think I can NOT HAVE CHICKENS NOW! I absolutely love her. She has a fuzzy blanket and gets on the couch with me and snuggles down next to me and falls asleep! So funny!

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Congrats, Salina, you're now a bonafide chicken person! (You're either a chicken person, or you're NOT a chicken person, and you don't know until you have them.) It's best to raise multiple chicks at the same time, as they are flock animals, which you've now discovered because your Red considers you her flock, and won't want to be without you. I recommend raising at least 2-3 more, and letting her be part of raising them from the moment you get them. Introducing adult chickens to other chickens that aren't from their flock is VERY traumatic for chicken lovers. They become vicious bullies. If your Red raises the chicks from an early age, they should become part of the flock. But if you adopt or buy a mature hen or 2 from another source, there will be trouble in Paradise!

[@Dinesh-babu]

Fun informative video Ben! Keep it coming! stay safe!

[@estellepatella2520]

I bought a carton of Nulaid Jumbo eggs and so far every single one of them has been a double yolk. I have used four so far and I have gotten 8 yolks. I always buy extra-large or jumbo eggs. This is the first time I have ever gotten more than one double in a carton.

[@michellebrown6755]

I love my chickens too! They’re the best pets💗 Guess what? I have the same shirt😂😂

[@ilchickentv340]

"And if you don't have chickens in your backyard right now I HATE YOU! go out and get some and put them in your backyard!" 😂 Jokes aside, I do have chickens, and they're the best food waste disposal, pest control, lawn mowers, and composters I've ever had! And the eggs are great too.😁

[@alecchapin9071]

If you claim to care about the environment but don't have your own chickens silly silly

[@catgirl7765]

I have gotten double yoked eggs in cartons from the grocery store. Very rarely, but I have-in fact I once got a carton of eggs with 2 double-yoked eggs in it!

[@chuuu4610]

There was a grocery store near my house that carried jumbo sized eggs (usually there are only extra large) and the tray always carries around 4-6 double yolk eggs. My parents were sure that the chickens must’ve been injected with something weird so we never bought them anymore.

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

No, what happens is that the double yolks (which are a normal process in young, healthy chickens) are rejected after candling, and don't go into the commercial supermarket egg cartons, so all those eggs have to go somewhere! Some vendors specifically collect the double-yolk rejects and sell them to people specifically looking for that! We have a stand at the farmer's market that sells flats of double-yolked eggs.

[@jacob.tudragens]

My friend and I are raising chickens and a couple of ducks, turkeys, and we're looking to get a goat and pig. Home grown eggs are the best!

[@jacob.tudragens]

And we have at least one double yolk egg layer!

[@Redimusprime]

I looked up this video to see why we have a hen that almost every day lays a double yolk and has for a long time......

[@gibso]

Mine is aswell

[@Damienggj]

What a blessing

[@shoaibgul786]

How can my hens lay double yolks?

[@drewjenn9819]

That's awesome

[@zakinaab]

You had a good luck. Did you try to hatch them? Perhaps you would get an identical twin chicks

[@SquidSlayer3000]

Chooks are that easy to keep because you have to worm them and red might treat them and lice them and you have to do it every mouth

[@jacksonbrown2827]

Hey Ben...great vid! Its true that you don't need a rooster amongst the hens for egg production?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

It's true! Think about it this way...a female human lays an egg every 28 days, whether there is sperm present to fertilize it or not. Chickens are the same. They will lay an egg whether there's a rooster around to fertilize. But those eggs cannot be incubated and hatched. (Unless, the chicken is a hermaphrodite, and it's quite well documented for a hen to lay an egg and hatch out a chick without a rooster due to hermaphroditism.)

[@Jammy3782]

Love the t-shirt! hehehe 😂

[@dannyelpetachen]

Wow those are the freshest eggs I’ve ever seen.

[@9284vr]

@Ben Starr The Ultimate Food Geek...Just came across your interesting video. You suggested the world record for multiple yolks in one egg shell was 19!? My very brief Google search says the record is 9, not 19 but both sound impossible. Either way, 9 or 19, if it happened, I wonder if it killed the hen!? I note that Guinness claims the largest size chicken egg was 9 inches in diameter (!!) with 5 yolks. FYI, I am currently experiencing what I think is very very rare...I live in downtown Toronto and bought a carton of Burnbrae Farms large size eggs about a week and a half ago (not extra large or jumbo and the carton does not say organic or free run) from a fairly large, modern but small-chain grocery store called Coppa's. I noticed that 11 of the eggs looked larger than the large eggs I had been used to seeing while one is quite small (which I am leaving to last). I have now eaten (fried-and one every day or sometimes every other day) 8 of the 12 and...wait for it...starting with my first egg on Jan. 14, ALL 8 HAVE BEEN DOUBLE YOLKERS!! Starting with the second one, I have taken photos of each double yolker in the fry pan and when finished I will advise Burnbrae and Coppa's to see what they say. You can check out their website but Burnbrae appears to be a very large egg producing Canadian company headquartered here in the province of Ontario and it's origins go back to the 1800's. Before this, I have never had one double yolker despite buying grocery store eggs all my adult life (I am now age 71). I plan to wait until this incredible run of double yolkers from one carton ends and then buy some lottery tickets!

[@PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz]

I love my chickens

[@princessmolokamogale4247]

I have 500 chickens and so far I've found about 40 double yolk eggs in a space of 3 days. These are only from the customers who gave me feedback

[@hkbhdtechtherapy4935]

But my hen gave 4rth double yolk egg in 2 week period, that's not occasional i guess! And she's aged more than 1 year. Then its happening?? Any suggestions

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

She's a fertile lady! There's nothing wrong.

[@mdgraystone]

Fascinating!

[@74gatorjim]

Ben, do you let your girls roam the entire backyard with no mesh overhead? We are worried about hawks which we have several in our neighborhood.

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

I do when I'm out there with them, but I rarely leave them out all day long unattended because of those hawks.

[@Neverender3367]

I buy my jumbo organic eggs from Trader Joe’s and me and my partner, bought a dozen a couple weeks ago and eight out of the dozen had double yolks. 8! We are a little mind blown.

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Buy a lottery ticket!

[@Itsinthewater747]

19 yolks !! Holy chicken! 👏

[@74gatorjim]

Our four girls are starting to lay and I have gotten 3 double yolks already!!

[@asmileywanderer]

I live in the Mediterranean and buy straight from farmers instead from the store and get cartons full of double yolk eggs each time. Its insane!

[@poonamoli7885]

Did these double yolk eggs hatch..plzz tell

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

I do not have a rooster, so these eggs are not fertilized, so they cannot be hatched! Twin chicks from the same egg HAVE been known to hatch.

[@kikithepupper6774]

so if those double yolk get fertilized, that means twins will happen?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Yes! It's rare to have 2 live chicks hatch from a sing egg, but it happens

[@automandan3066]

As a kid my uncle would bring over the double yolk eggs . massive also

[@matthew164]

I have 3 chickens they just started laying eggs, this morning i cracked 4 eggs and 3 of them were double yolk

[@sopounareitsa9800]

Bro I had a couple double yolk egg in one carton I was so nervous so I threw it away lol thanks for letting me now it’s normal

[@zakinaab]

You should not throw away your good luck, more money and prosperity was coming to you!

[@beaupostma9357]

Does it hurt them to lay these?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

I don't think there is consensus about whether or not the laying process is painful for them to begin with. They certainly cackle like crazy as soon as they lay. But that could be with excitement, or it could be a social thing, or it could mean, holy crap that hurt!

[@tefocharlesmodise9937]

Correction...the egg is not produced...it develops, every chicken is born with every egg she will ever lay...🤝🤝🤝

[@joeybez5464]

jumbo eggs in stores most have 2 yolks

[@ilikevideos4868]

First 4 eggs from the pack I bought yesterday all had double yolks, so I wanted to see just how rare that is to happen

[@patrickroche3366]

Got 3 yokes in alsybury duck egg.

[@dinero1169]

I have bought 2 dozen eggs from Walmart ( one a week) and in each jumbo egg batch I had one double yolk per carton. I figured I was lucky.... Come to find out I already was as you have taught me to spatchcock my turkey and make sourdough and put a fan in my fridge that has stopped my food freezing. Thank you.

[@MrAmoLLL]

Just bought full tray for 30 eggs here in india and found each egg is of double yolk and they are slightly bigger in size. I'm doubting if they are healthy

[@NancyAnneMartin]

So wouid a double-yolk egg produce twins?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Yes, if both survived the incubation process

[@NancyAnneMartin]

@@ultimatefoodgeek So interesting!

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

@@NancyAnneMartin also, assuming the eggs had been fertilized, of course!

[@NancyAnneMartin]

@@ultimatefoodgeek very true! It takes two to tango a yolk into a chick! 😉

[@DragonPilot]

Current flock? Are you saying...?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

I have had multiple flocks over the years. As the ladies get old and stop laying, they either go to live on a friend's farm, or they go to the table. When I lose my last lady, it's time to renew the flock by ordering more chicks.

[@moonlightsweetener4309]

i just experienced a double yolk egg. i was baking chocolate chip brownies recipe called for 2 eggs cracked one slightly bigger egg and out came two yolks.

[@carolynphelan599]

I had 4 double yolk eggs in one carton... what are those odds!!

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Buy a lottery ticket!! :-D

[@Aisha-721]

Will double yolks make twins?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

It's actually pretty rare for a double-yolked egg to yield 2 live chicks (twins), as the shell doesn't have room for 2 fully developed baby chicks. But it does happen occasionally.

[@Aisha-721]

@@ultimatefoodgeek I just read that the young hens laying eggs for the first time and the elderly hens are the ones , most likely to lay double yolked eggs. This suggested that single yolks give the chicks the best chance of survival.

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

@@Aisha-721 It is true that as a hens laying cycle slows, she is more likely to lay double yolks. But pullets just beginning to lay produce them more regularly

[@callergaming2575]

I love the part where he said why they happen

[@bilalbabar3761]

Lovely❤ Lohmenn brown

[@gr122]

I live in Italy and bought a box of large eggs every single one of them have a double yolk, can't understand why in the US they won't sell them in the supermarkets

[@atomicnumber8051]

Imagine if it got fertilised.... TWINS?!!!

[@ccattery]

populaire poulardes- and I want your T shirt in my size

[@PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz]

I had a chicken lay a double yolk egg today.

[@johndawson6057]

Awesome

[@SpongeAddict-gw6mo]

I’m taking it you shouldn’t incubate double yolk?

[@sagesarabia5053]

I’d hate to be this guy’s neighbor 😆

[@bonniebrown6818]

I love the looks of your chicks and I can tell you care about them. However, what do you do with them when they stop laying. I’ve thought about having a few but the idea of having to kill them breaks my heart.

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Bonnie, many folks who keep chickens as pets just consider the eggs a benefit during the middle part of the chicken's life. Otherwise, they are no different from a pet dog or parakeet. Depending on its breed, your chicken will start laying after reaching maturity, lay eggs for a few years, gradually taper off, and live another few years with maybe only laying an egg every week or two. They can still be wonderful, affectionate, happy pets during old age. As for me...I eat my chickens when their laying cycle wanes. I grew up on a farm and developed an understanding of the role of meat animals at a VERY early age. To me, it is the highest honor I can bestow on my chickens to let them fulfill their complete cycle on the food chain. It is the purpose of their existence, and they would no longer exist if it was not their purpose. But I am well aware that most city folk would not be able to understand this. The only catch is that it's VERY tough to introduce new chickens into a small backyard flock to keep the laying cycle going. Chickens are fierce and cruel to newcomers, and will often go so far as to kill them. (Research "the pecking order.") So if you keep chickens as pets, it's best to keep a single flock at a time, until all the ladies are gone, and then start a new flock...which may mean a year or two with few to no eggs.

[@Aisha-721]

I've eaten double yolked eggs

[@galsarisarkardiaeh5830]

Tell the hen name who give double youlk egg

[@a.j.infowars7582]

I bought a dozen of brown eggs from the store and all of them were double yolked 🥚 !

[@estellepatella2520]

Guess what? Chicken butt!

[@Brandon-kd6sb]

I get one or 2 a week atleast with 2 yolks from my rhode island reds

[@ritageorge8748]

I did give it more than a cursory look for a Pkg yeasted bread using my really ok discard sour-😭I would trust one frm you-wasting bread flour or other saddens me😉

[@elchasai]

Is that a loaf of bread on top of your head?

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

No, I'm just happy to see you!

[@lw9553]

wow I get alot of double yolks.

[@Bcraftsandgames13]

Can you let a double yolk egg hatch

[@gerRule]

Tyson fury got 2 in a row

[@SpongeAddict-gw6mo]

I’m new chicken mom and my eater egger every single one of her eggs are double yolked!

[@ankitasaini1219]

19 yolks 🥺

[@kimersonanimates1043]

Wait NANI I had these two eggs for two months so I eat It everyday huh

[@PoleBrotherhood]

I just got 4 double yolks in a row

[@gibso]

My one chicken is only laying double yoked eggs y is this

[@ultimatefoodgeek]

Some hens seem to be on a 2 day double yolk cycle for awhile. She may grow out of it. Or that may be how she lays her eggs for most of her life!

[@katiebugg7018]

I have checked Genesis world records I have checked the food forum i’ll record show the most yolks found in one egg was nine not 19 there is another person who claimed to get 11 but they had no proof. Not trying to call you a liar I just don’t know where you got that information it sounded crazy to me I googled it where did you read that

[@draco746]

Every single egg has 2 yokes all of them... 1/1000 nah... everyone

[@isaiahjudahiohena1462]

I got a 2 Double yolk eggs ang it got cooked

[@jerricojane]

Thanks, first flock for me, lots of double yolkers. Black sex links 4months old now 5 month,just git my 100th egg in Killeen Texas