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Yes! Less tech, less federation talk, more everyday stuff 😍
My mother once bought me a box of 15 eggs from a little shop on the side of a farm.
All 15 eggs were double yolk.
I dont know the odds of that happening and how it happens.
I told my mother. She didnt sound surprised at all.
It’s a genetic trait, so if they kept breeding a twin-maker hen for efficiency alone (if you raise chicks, you get 2 for 1 effectively), that could mean that most of their stock are now laying dual yolks.
Are there nutritional differences in said dual yolk eggs or is one truly getting double yolk nutrition?
The two yolks together are like 30-50% larger than one regular one, so the nutrition facts are slightly changed since the amount of egg white is reduced.
Since most calories actually come from the yolk, I’d say it should be noticeable to some degree, if you really measure it.
(This answer was brought to you by my wife, who happens to be a nutritionist).
Did you buy extra large eggs or a double yolk carton?
Just regular large eggs. Are extra large more likely to be double yolked? Or are there eggs somehow made to be double-yolked on purpose?
I was under the impression that yes, but I’m not positive
They do sell double-yolkers as a thing. You can shine a light through the shell to identify them, apparently. Higher value product so producers who get enough of them will go to the extra trouble of sorting them.
Would these have been twins? (If fertilised)
Double-yolked eggs would be fraternal twins
I once had two triples and seven doubles in the same dozen.
I read a newspaper article that a woman cracked 4 double Yolkers into a pan in a row and apparently the chances were like 1 in a trillion
I did that a couple weeks ago
Update: I cracked a third egg from the carton today. It was another double yolk.
Extra toast for you!
