in the spring of 2007 i will do a egg hatching project with the school and a student wants to try and hatch a double yoke eggs where can i buy these?
2006-10-08 10:05:33 · 11 answers · asked by oneness_only 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
its spelled yolk
2006-10-08 10:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most commercial egg farms throw them away. If you are near any country farmer who has chickens (not the big huge professional places) you might ask them if they would candle the eggs and if they come across a double yolk, sell it to you. Or a whole dozen eggs with the double yolk as one of them. (farm fresh eggs are so good!) When I was a kid we had about two dozen chickens a year for our own eggs and almost always had a double yolk once a week or so. When I was grown up and married, my husband and I had a farmer who lived just down the road from us and they had chickens, and sold the "country eggs". Not at all unusual to get a double yolk from them. Just that the professional farms, don't put them in the ones they market to the stores. As for what is candling: it is holding a light behind the egg to see through the shell. You can see the yolk and also if it is fertilized with a blood spot. Before electric lights, they used candles - hence "candling".
2006-10-08 10:22:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A double yolk egg will never hatch. This has been tried many times before. A double yolker is basically twins, the chicks will start to develop but in the early stages it will abort itself. This is because there would not be enough room in the egg for two chicks, they would come out crushed, under developed and probably deformed if it were to ever happen, which is why it won't.
An egg is a one room apartment i'm afraid.
2006-10-08 13:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by Aquila 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to get in touch with someone who raises chickens for a living or sells fresh not store bought eggs. You can see a double yolk by holding the egg up to a very bright light bulb.
2006-10-08 10:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by tjb 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you may also want to check with pigeon breeders - chicken double yolk eggs only hatch once in a blue moon(in other words almost a biblical level miracle), pigeon ones are slightly more likely. They produce two chicks (twins) but they are usually too small & week to survive (why so few actually hatch- they are too small to survive to hatching)
If their is a small scale hatchery in your area you MIGHT get the double yolk eggs culled out if you explain the need.
2006-10-08 12:12:52 · answer #5 · answered by ragapple 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ok i don't know where u can buy them but i do know u can tell if it is a double yoke by holding a light behind it. As for where to buy them, the only suggestion i can come up with is find the nearest chicken farm, go talk to the owner or manager and see how and if they can and will help u. good luck
2006-10-08 10:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Nora G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have quail that often lay double-yokers, but I'm afraid that I've never heard of one hatching. If the child really wants to try, I do send hatching eggs....see my website and I do have other information for classrooms and egg projects. www.cbfsuperquail.com or www.cindasbluejerseygiants.com
2006-10-10 22:39:34 · answer #7 · answered by Giovanni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way to tell if they are double yolked unless you crack them open.
2006-10-08 10:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
And how are you going to know they are double yolk without cracking them open?
2006-10-08 10:07:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
How would you know if it had a double yoke unless you cracked it??????????????????
2006-10-08 10:07:53 · answer #10 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋