Double Yoke Eggs

By popciclecold

@popciclecold (39919)

United States

December 5, 2022 10:57pm CST

I used to work at a chicken hatchery long time ago. People were allowed to come and purchase double yoke eggs, and they would really sell. I was just thinking about that, and wonder if they are sold in stores, I don't recall ever seeing any. Have you ever used double yoke eggs, or seen them in the store.

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@JudyEv (348001)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Dec 22

How do you know they are double yokers? Do they candle them or something?

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

They had people who worked in chicken houses, and they culled them and put them in certain flats and boxes. Chicken house people knew a lot.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

We would sell a lot of them from the hatchery.

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@LadyDuck (472507)

• Switzerland

6 Dec 22

@JudyEv In the past, farmers had a process called "candling" to check the eggs. You look the egg in the dark in front of the light of a candle, you can see inside if the yolk is one or two.

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@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

6 Dec 22

No, I've never seen any double-yoke eggs sold in any store in my area. It would be great to have two yokes in your eggs, especially if it's sunny side-up cooked.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

@marlina Neither had I until I worked at a hatchery.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Yeah that would be great too.

@marlina (154129)

• Canada

6 Dec 22

Never seen this either.

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@GardenGerty (162475)

• United States

7 Dec 22

In the past I have found double yolks in some eggs, but never have seen them for sale.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

7 Dec 22

They won't sell them in stores. Sold from a hatchery.

@averygirl72 (38554)

• Philippines

7 Dec 22

I think we have buy a tray of eggs before that have double yoke

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

7 Dec 22

I am sure.

@LadyDuck (472507)

• Switzerland

6 Dec 22

The double yolk eggs are not distributed to the stores.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Oh. OK. I knew I never saw any.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

@LadyDuck OH, ok. We sold a lot of them.

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@LadyDuck (472507)

• Switzerland

6 Dec 22

@popciclecold I only get them when I buy directly from the farmer.

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@dgobucks226 (36235)

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6 Dec 22

I never heard of the term and had to look it up. Learn something all the time on here! Fun fact: What are the odds of double yolk eggs? The odds of a double yolk egg are around 1 in 1000. Maybe that's why stores don't carry them.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Good job. Lol. They are rarem

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@snowy22315 (186403)

• United States

6 Dec 22

I have rarely seen double yoked eggs, even though I worked in a dairy store for a short while one time. I never had any from the super market that were that way.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

The manager sold a lot of them.

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@Juliaacv (52580)

• Canada

6 Dec 22

I have had a few double yolkers in cartons of eggs that I have bought at the grocery store. They are great.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

They are popular. Thanks

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@wolfgirl569 (112819)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Dec 22

I havent seen them in the stores. I like them when I am baking.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Mostly why they were so popular.

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@nela13 (58817)

• Portugal

6 Dec 22

My parents have chickens and I have seen double yoke eggs but it is very rare.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

For sure.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

6 Dec 22

I used to enjoy them when I bought from a friend with her own chickens. Never in a store.

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@MarieCoyle (41673)

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6 Dec 22

I get my eggs from a friend who keeps chickens. Sometimes, there is a double yoke or two in the mix. Always makes me smile.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Lol.

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@lifecoachjerusalem (1285)

• Israel

6 Dec 22

Is a double yoke egg bigger than a regular egg? Does it taste different? I have never seen them in the stores here in Jerusalem, Israel.

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Yes they are bigger, and yes they tasted better, the hens lay in the chicken house, the men pick up and bring to hatchery. They were fresh.

@Beestring (15007)

• Hong Kong

6 Dec 22

Never seen a double yoke egg, but I've eaten an egg with no yolk at all. :)

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@popciclecold (39919)

• United States

6 Dec 22

Wow, never seen one. But I would like too.

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@RebeccasFarm (92789)

• United States

6 Dec 22

I have never experienced one but I have heard of them.

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@Tampa_girl7 (52092)

• United States

6 Dec 22

I’ve occasionally found them in a store bought carton of eggs.

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