Weird eggs..

RuggieBear

I just had some eggs...they were all twins! Is this normal?

Gaz

Had that happen myself before , every egg in a tray of 24 had two yolks ... x-file stuff

My dad said years ago he cracked an egg into a pan and a half formed chick fell out :eek:

emeraldstar

Ugh I can't eat an egg that has twin yolks. They freak me out. Come to think of it though, I haven't come across one for years.

Tar.Aldarion

Yes, normal, there is a shop in Dun Laoghaire that almost always has two yolks per egg.

RuggieBear

first time i've ever seen it. bit freaky seeing two yolks pop out

Dizzyblonde

We often get 'twin eggs' in our supermarket. I was reading lately that even nowadays with all our technology, the way producers check the amount of yolks in an egg is to hold it up to a bright light!

Schlemm

ooo wierd. Apparently it's cos of the genetics of the chicken laying the egg or summat. And the record for the most yolks in one egg is 9!:eek:

noby

It's likely you will get the odd twin yolks if you're buying free range eggs.
But if you're getting all twin yolks in a tray of 24 that's more likely down to all the growth hormones etc. that the hens are pumped full of.

The half-formed chick means the egg was fertilised, so there was a cock, so we're probably talking 'proper' free range flock. The fact that it was half developed probably meant the egg wasn't picked straight away, or was kept in a warm place, which incubated the egg.
A lot of (older generation) people swear by fertilised eggs for a nicer tasting egg.