Double yolks, WTF?

Cracked eggEgg from Claire Cameron

At work the other week we had 25 eggs with double yolks in a row. Before then I’d never seen a double yolk, I thought they were a bit of an urban myth. As the doubles kept coming so did the superstitions: Double yolks are lucky, they mean prosperity, an upcoming wedding, a baby…

So what the hell are double yolks? Are they twins? Are they ok to eat (I hope so because we served them to customers)?

I did a little google work and the answer was a little disappointing. At Poultryhelp.com there are two explanations. One is that the chicken is young and its cycle is on the fritz. The second is that its genetic and basically it’s always going to have doubles. BORING!!!! I wanted it to be something they were eating or some crazy mutation. Apparently it’s so common you can buy crates of double yolked eggs at markets.

If you do want to see some freaky eggs stuff head over to Poutryhelp.com and check out the egg with a tail or the egg without a shell.

One Response to Double yolks, WTF?

  1. kate says:

    ew. i’ve never seen these i thought they were made up. those eggs on poultry help make me feel sick, especially the one with the tail.

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