This is not trick photography...eggs

Banjo picker · January 01, 2015, 05:47:59 PM

I feel sorry for one of my hens....I have 7 Delaware they will be a year old the 7th of Feb . I get 4 to 7 eggs a day with the short days and all.

Every once in a while I get a whopper like that. Wow. Banjo

clww · January 01, 2015, 05:53:39 PM

That IS a whopper! 8)
Double-yolk for sure. Give her some extra feed.

kwendt · January 01, 2015, 06:18:27 PM

Wow! Yummy quiche a comin up!

POSTON WIDEHEAD · January 01, 2015, 07:40:18 PM

OUCH!

sawguy21 · January 01, 2015, 07:42:44 PM

:D That was my thought too. Bet there was some prolonged squawking.

drobertson · January 01, 2015, 07:58:21 PM

Yea that's a dandy one for sure, we have one hen doing bout the same, but she is older than one. it sure helps when the boys come home, makes a big batch of scrambled eggs ;D

Gadrock · January 01, 2015, 08:36:49 PM

I studied poultry science at Mississippi State years ago having grown up in that industry. I may have misinterpreted the story here and if I have please forgive me.

Many time I have seen such a situation although numerically it would be a minute fraction of occurance. A good producing hen may produce 4 eggs in 5 days in some breeds and the yolk is deposited while the calcification envelopes the material. In nature strange things happens in timing. Next thing you know there are twins or abnormalities. With this situation I suspect that there is an egg within the other egg, denoted by such a tremendous mass increase. A double yolk egg is almost always an increase in size, but not to the proportions shown.

Please report your findings with a picture.

David G

carry on

Chuck White · January 02, 2015, 08:57:52 AM

That hen that laid that is probably still cackling!

Banjo picker · January 02, 2015, 09:32:20 AM

Gadrock, I have seen a video that Deb showed me of an egg like you are referring to being broken open. I will attempt to video it, but that will be iffy. It sure was strange to see an egg come out of an egg. When she gets back from my sons house we will open it up. I don't think that will be the case, here since we have had a couple just about this big before, but just in case I will try and video it. Banjo

red oaks lumber · January 02, 2015, 11:57:23 AM

out of all my hens 2 lay odd eggs one always lays a double yoker and the other one lays an egg like in the picture, i call her stretch :D

Sprucegum · January 02, 2015, 12:13:56 PM

My son's father-in-law thought double yolked eggs were as rare as winning a lottery. We have a Hutterite colony here that specializes in double yolks so we slipped a dozen into Don's fridge knowing he would make breakfast for the family gathering. ;) The first egg was a surprise, the second egg was a miracle, the third was a mystery, by the fourth egg we were all busting a gut :D :D :D

coxy · January 02, 2015, 03:45:06 PM

my hens lay some big ones every now and then most of my big eggs are single yolk :-\ in the summer i found a way to get some of them to lay very very well but the lady at the feed store said i was nuts :D

Swatson · January 02, 2015, 05:47:01 PM

My brother has laying hen houses and contracts with a large company. He gets about 200 eggs a week of double yolkers. Of course this is coming from 14000 hens so I suppose they are a bit scarce if you look at the numbers: 200 out of 50,000-60,000 eggs per week. The company sells doubles to pet food suppliers and hatch the rest.

Banjo picker · January 02, 2015, 06:20:17 PM

It was just a double yoke egg.. its the two on the left with another egg in there with it. both yokes of the double were bigger than the other egg. I had em for breakfast.

Banjo

I made the video but its not worth trying to learn something like posting something new to see an egg broke. Any one else see the video of the egg coming out of an egg. That was weird.?

Gadrock · January 02, 2015, 08:46:52 PM

I am glad to see that there were no martian-type surprises. And am supposing the double shot of the yellow stuff gave your cholesterol a boost.

Enjoy the story and the moment.

David Gaddis

carry on

scleigh · January 02, 2015, 11:05:52 PM

A friend of mine's dad capped off his barn hall with wire and got a few hens. He was so proud of the 4 to 6 eggs he got every day. So, my friend and his brother, both of which are pranksters, started buying a dozen or two of eggs everyday and started to put more in the nest' everyday. After a few weeks, their dad was just glowing with pride, he really thought he had the finest chickens around.
Well, Easter came and the guys dyed two dozen eggs and put them in the nest'. Their dad was so mad, but it was one of the best on going pranks I ever saw.

Gadrock · January 03, 2015, 08:43:39 PM

Now I can relate to that. And I wish I was closer to some of my friends that have yard chickens. I would pull over that trick and NEVER stop smillin'.

Years ago a friend bought a seconf hand bug typr VW...yep he was bragging on his fuel milage. Soon he was getting about 150 mile to the gallon, until we stopped adding those few gallons. All weeekend was spent tuning up the bug to give him only 28 mpg. Then we started stealing a gallon at a time. One month later another friend purchased it cheep. We were too embarrased to ever confess while we laughter behind his back.

David G

carry on