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How common are double yoked chicken eggs?

We have a about 9 hens and get at least 1 or 2 double yokes a week. 

We also have 2 hen ducks and have started getting the occasional double yoke from them as well.

Posted - October 19, 2018
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  • 44649
    From you question it is a bit more common than most people think. I had a friend who raised chickens. He gave  me a dozen eggs and 10 of them were double-yolked.
      October 19, 2018 8:08 AM MDT
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  • 34435
    Interesting. You hardly ever get a double in store bought eggs. 
      October 19, 2018 9:50 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    They may cull them when they screen them for size using a bright light.
      October 19, 2018 1:26 PM MDT
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  • 34435
    They would always be a large egg....I think we have maybe gotten 3 double in a lifetime of store bought eggs. I don't think they would reject a double.
      October 19, 2018 4:03 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Worth a read:

    https://www.wilcoxfarms.com/news/how-common-are-eggs-with-double-yolks/
      October 19, 2018 11:15 AM MDT
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  • 34435
    Thank you.  I know we are getting a better rate than the 1/1000. Ours have only been laying for a couple months. We probably have only gotten about 300 total and have had roughly two dozen double yokes. It may even out as they get older....
      October 19, 2018 4:01 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    probably not that connon since ive never seen thenn
      October 19, 2018 12:47 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    I'd have expected it be similar to the probability of identical twins. However within batches the probabilities are not independent.  This post was edited by Malizz at October 19, 2018 4:03 PM MDT
      October 19, 2018 2:48 PM MDT
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