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Barry195 said :
I had a few young hens several years ago and one would regularly lay a large egg that contained two yokes. It was neat to get them as I had never seen it before. However, we were always worried for the health of the hen since these were very large eggs she was laying. The good thing is that she would not do it every single time and it became rare as time passed.
I did a bit of reading on it, it stated it usually happens with young hens and tappers of with age. So this could be the reason over time it stopped Size 7 is considered a large egg in NZ. They come in sizes, 5, 6, 7 and 8. I've never brought a size 8, they are recommended for soft boiled egg with soldiers (thin stripes of toast to dip in the soft yolk).

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23-Jul-2021 04:19:48

Averia Light said :
Ehh, I get one about once every 2 months. I bake a lot and eat eggs nearly everyday for breakfast. So about a dozen a week * 8 weeks = 96 eggs. So about 1 in 100 here.
Prior to this lot of double yolks, it's a rare thing. So that's not bad getting approx 1 in 100

I brought a tray of eggs last week, free range and they don't expire until August some time and they are oldish :/ How you can tell is by the white part, the more runny it is the older they are. If you break an egg say into a fry pan the whole egg should hold shape. I fried two today, the first one the white didn't hold much of a shape, the second one spread every where, it was like water and I wanted it to fit into a sandwich for the boys, an egg Mcmuffin but between toast. I have an egg poacher, there is so many parts to clean, so it sits in the back of the cupboard, I would say it's around 20 - 25 years old and near new; I should pull it out for my egg Mcmuffin.

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23-Jul-2021 04:32:56

23-Jul-2021 07:21:18 - Last edited on 23-Jul-2021 07:28:07 by Kiwi Magic

23-Jul-2021 23:59:07

24-Jul-2021 00:07:42

I was just looking for this thread and couldn't find it and here it is thank you.

I've seen quite a few in my life time. Even as a child I can remember mum calling us in to see the double yolk

I was thinking the same Kiwi, it must happen more with free ranged eggs, even though I have come across them in caged eggs.

If fat means flavour then I'm ******* delicious!

24-Jul-2021 02:42:00