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Chicken/Egg Question
01/17/05 12:37 PM
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Now I'm first to admit that I am not an expert on a great many subjects, and one of those things are chickens. Things I don't know much about that is.
Bought some Jumbo Brown eggs at the supermarket last week. Didn't care that they were brown, but wanted to try the jumbo size.
Have used 9 of the dozen and they are all double yoked. Were not marked as such on the box. Just marked Jumbo Brown.
This raises several questions in my mind.
Are all jumbo eggs double yoked? Or do they candle them and select for double yokes?
Is the fact that they are brown a factor? Wouldn't think so. But refer to the part where I say I don't know much about chickens.
If they knew that they were all doubles, why not mark it on the container?
What breed of chicken lays brown eggs?
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/17/05 01:00 PM
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What breed of chicken lays brown eggs?
Dark pigmented chickens.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/17/05 01:41 PM
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Gary,
There are quite a few different breeds that lay brown eggs. There are some chickens that even lay blue or turquoise eggs. You can find out quite a bit about different breeds at Murray McMurray Hatchery.
One of the large breeds that produce brown eggs are the New Hampshire Reds , others include the Barred Rocks and the Rhode Island Reds.
I don't believe that there is any specific correlation between the 'jumbo' egg designation and the double yolks, just that the double yolk eggs are probably more likely to meet the size/dimensions required to grade into the 'jumbo' size.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/17/05 01:58 PM
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Is this a great place or what!
OK, now that leads to a followup question:
Can double yoke eggs hatch two chicks?
Gary
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/17/05 08:07 PM
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An egg is designated as Jumbo because of it's weight. A double yolked egg will not hatch 2 chicks- sorry. There are many breeds of chickens that lay brown eggs. Mine lay either brown or green eggs.
Edited by Tami (01/17/05 08:09 PM)
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/17/05 09:19 PM
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In reply to:
A double yolked egg will not hatch 2 chicks- sorry.
Guess it would be kind of crowded in there. So laying double yoked eggs wouldn't be a good thing in the wild.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/17/05 10:22 PM
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I don't know. This is just what I have been told. I haven't seen any hatch either. My kids tend to get so excited about about double yolks but then I did to. One of my hens lays Jumbos about every day and alot of them are double yolk. I think it must hurt her. Sometimes she waits for a crowd to gather around and then picks the center nest box and then begins to cackle. If I dare check on her she stops and gives me a "how dare you?" look and stalks off angrily. She seems to need the support of the crowd. She is a "Buff Orpinton", a very sweet and gentle gold colored hen and lays brown eggs.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/18/05 10:20 AM
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I have dominiques and new hampshire reds, and they both lay brown eggs, and occassionally lay a double yolker. They do squeal a little when they lay them. I even got one egg that appeared to be 2 eggs together, it was so long, and had striation marks in the middle. It was a double yolker.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/18/05 12:59 PM
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We have Rhode Island Reds and Isa (sp?) Browns. Both lay brown eggs. One of the six Isa's lays a jumbo egg everytime. It is so large that it will not fit in a regular x-large egg carton. The other Isa's have never (or rarely) laid jumbo eggs.
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Gary, I'm not an expert either. I've raised them for about 2 years but read most of 4 books trying to learn. Chicks develop from embryos and not yolks. The yolk (and the white) are food for the developing chick. McMurray's Hatchery says the yolk is absorbed by the chick right before hatching, so a double yolk might cause problems. I don't know cause I haven't hatched any. When my Rhode Island Reds began laying, about 90% of the eggs were double yolked and seemed big. But they calmed down and laid normal eggs after about 2 months. A double yolk is rare now. The eggs seem to get bigger as the chickens age, but they lay fewer of them now. And the family still get excited when there's a double yolk. I suppose two is always better'n one.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/23/05 07:23 AM
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We have four hens mostly as pets, so we know which ones lay which eggs. One hen always lays jumbos and a large fraction of the time they are double yolk. So maybe it's a genetic thing and runs in families. Our other hens have never laid a double yolk.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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01/23/05 08:23 PM
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Today I opened the second package of egg that I bought, same brand. Of three eggs, only one was double yoked. But the three eggs volume measured seven oz. Made a really big plate of scrambled eggs.
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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03/14/05 07:55 PM
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I raise chickens and the tinest egg was about as big as a little chocolate candyegg , One of those you see at easter. I have a white leghorn that lays big white eggs , and a rhode island red that lays smaller tan eggs. The yokes of yard birds are much darker yellow. They are better for you. If you buy eggs at the store, notice the date that is on them , so you think they are fresh, count back 45 days from that date , that is how old they are.... I'm serious!!! I work inspecting chickens and I see some strange ones , like ones with 3 legs and so on .. all of the hormones and chemicals they are fed. I'm thinking about butchering my own, at least i know what I feed them....
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Re: Chicken/Egg Question
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03/18/05 12:35 PM
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We get double yolks from our free ranging Chicken eggs sometimes too. I read somewhere that on avg. eggs brought in the store can be up to 6 wks old.
http://www.poultryconnection.com/phpBB2/index.php
These guys really know thier chickens, look up this site.
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