In their first months of laying, our chickens seem to produce a higher number of double-yolked eggs. They’re really huge. When one of us comes in with one, we joke that “A goose got into the laying boxes again…”

Here’s our latest double-yolker. It’s shown in comparison to average large eggs. Double-yolked eggs are pretty interesting. They’re twins, in one shell. They sometimes look like two ordinary eggs coming out of the shell when you crack the egg… or sometimes the two yolks are smaller and nearly fused together. They are just as perfectly edible as any other egg, in fact, we remember reading a piece in Martha Stewart Living magazine about eggs, that said something about the luxury of ordering a double-yolker over-easy in a New York diner. You might find a double-yolker in the eggs you get from us on rare occasion. Many times they are too big to fit into the egg cartons, though, and go into our breakfasts instead!

Huge double-yolked eggs inspire awe for the experience of the chicken, though we’ve never seen any difficulty or any out-of-the-ordinary caffuffel over the process of passing such eggs. In fact, from a midwife’s standpoint, it’s fairly reaffirming of our philosophy - there’s quite a range of normal, and even the big ones can come out naturally!

If you’re into reading more about unusual egg formations, this site has some pretty interesting pictures, including eggs with tails! http://www.poultryhelp.com/oddeggs.html