▲ 147 ▼ Two egg yolks in one egg (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 9 months ago by thfi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments IMHO really rare, but then happened with several eggs from the same batch.
[–] Brekky@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) You can tell before cracking the egg? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] tomiant@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago No but the thing is, they ONLY sell double yolkers. That way they don't have to check. It's double in every egg. Hmm? permalink fedilink source parent [–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 9 months ago Double-yolkers are bigger and usually weirdly shaped in my experience. It's not a guarantee or anything, but they never seem to look like a normal egg permalink fedilink source parent [–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago I think some chickens are more likely to lay them than others (due to age, or genetics). After that the eggs are somewhat larger, and you can check by shining a light through it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago No but the thing is, they ONLY sell double yolkers. That way they don't have to check. It's double in every egg. Hmm? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 9 months ago Double-yolkers are bigger and usually weirdly shaped in my experience. It's not a guarantee or anything, but they never seem to look like a normal egg permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago I think some chickens are more likely to lay them than others (due to age, or genetics). After that the eggs are somewhat larger, and you can check by shining a light through it permalink fedilink source parent