On my mind for over a month, I’ve got to ask you all…
has anyone else noticed that since this isolation period with Covid there are no more double yolkers in eggs? I used to love being surprised when cracking open an egg to find two yolks! It’s considered good luck, like finding a penny with heads up.
I have come to the conclusion that even roosters and chickens aren’t acting naturally, in isolation. And don’t get me started on rabbits…where are all the rabbits?!? In isolation, too? 
I haven’t seen a double yolker since my Granny gave up keeping chooks over fifty years ago. 
I can’t even remember the last time I cracked open a 2x yolker. It must be over 40yrs ago at least.
Fruity and Percy, until about a year ago, I would find one about twice a year. Mostly in the X- large size eggs. Duh, of course they would be, wouldn’t they? 
Just look for a chook with tears in it’s eyes, and tears in its … :shock:
It’s years since I last had a double-yoker.
But rabbits … oh, they’re about allright.
I’ve been watching them playing in the snow this last few days, and there are loads in the field behind us.
Which just goes to show that the fox who was also playing in the snow (not at the same time as the bunnies) is either not very good, or not very hungry.
I once found 6 double-yolkers in a 6-pack … :shock:
What are the chances, I wondered … 
1 in a billion … 1 in a trillion … :?:
So I asked a farming friend how rare such an occurrence would be … I was disappointed to find that, although finding a single double-yolker in a 6-pack is quite rare, finding 6 in a 6-pack is statistically more likely if the eggs come from the same flock of chickens and the chickens are young - the eggs would normally be small but double-yolkers are larger than single yolkers so egg-packers separate them off for boxing.
I checked the internet and she was right:
What are the chances of six double-yolkers?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16118149
… and I really enjoyed the egg-yolk “bounty” … 
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This is the first time I have ever heard of this and I have never cracked open or eaten one.
Just looking into this it seems that only hens less than a year old lay such eggs. Morrisons were selling them a couple of years ago but they were checking every egg under a UV lamp to select the double ones. So Rightnow perhaps in the US they are no longer using Spring chickens!
As I have never seen this in my lifetime I assume that here they either screen them or use mature chickens to lay.
Does it mean twice the cholesterol?
Did you buy them at Morrisons?
Our village shop sells boxes of six double yoker eggs, along side the single ones. Wee bit dearer but not much.
I find double yolkers sometimes in a box of Tesco extra large free range eggs.
When we were able to go out, a stall at our regular car boot sale sold boxes of free range double yolk eggs. Guaranteed to be in all & they were & very fresh eggs too.
I do miss buying them.
IIRC, it was Somerfield.
I went back for more but they turned out to be just large single-yolkers … 
One farm locally sells their eggs to the locals in a small shed adjacent to the Village Hall. You have a choice - single yolkers or double yolkers - but there is a price difference.
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This is the first time I have ever heard of this and I have never cracked open or eaten one.
Just looking into this it seems that only hens less than a year old lay such eggs. Morrisons were selling them a couple of years ago but they were checking every egg under a UV lamp to select the double ones. So Rightnow perhaps in the US they are no longer using Spring chickens!
As I have never seen this in my lifetime I assume that here they either screen them or use mature chickens to lay.
Does it mean twice the cholesterol?[/QUOTE]
Only a very small amount of cholesterol comes from the food we eat Annie. About 80% is made in the liver.
Where is cholesterol made?
[I]Some of our cholesterol comes from the food we eat, but most (about 80%) is made in the liver in a complex 37-step process.
Cholesterol and another type of blood fat called triglycerides cannot circulate loosely in the blood, so the liver packages them into “parcels” called lipoproteins.
The lipoproteins are then released into the blood and carried around the body to wherever they’re needed.
How is it broken down?
Once in the blood stream, some cholesterol will be returned to the liver and broken down. It’s used to make bile acids which are released into the intestines to help with digestion – bile acids break down the fats in food.
A small amount of bile acids will be removed from the body as a waste product in your poo. But most will be absorbed back into the blood, returned to the liver and used again for digestion.
Some treatments for high cholesterol work by stopping bile from being absorbed back into the blood. The liver has to take more cholesterol out of the blood to make more bile, lowering your cholesterol levels.
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The short time that I was taking statins I was experiencing excess acid and trouble digesting fatty foods. Cholesterol also important for the assimilation of vitamin D, which in turn keeps your immune system healthy.
[I]Nutritionist Munmun Ganeriwal explains in one of her IGTVs, “You should have the complete egg with the yolk. The egg yolk what we think is full of cholesterol is an excellent source of phosphor lipids. These are bioactive lipids or fats which have a beneficial effect on cholesterol metabolism. It also has beneficial effect on inflammation and HDL (good cholesterol) function.”
Research has also highlighted that eating eggs does not negatively impact your cholesterol levels. Eggs are also a rich source of essential nutrients. These are power-packed with protein, B vitamins, iron, healthy fats, vitamin A and much more.[/I]
[I][B]Cholesterol plays a vital role in how your body works. There is cholesterol in every cell in your body, and it’s especially important in your brain, nerves and skin.
Cholesterol has three main jobs:
It’s part of the outer layer, or membrane, of all your body’s cells
It’s used to make vitamin D and steroid hormones [/B][/I]
Cholesterol is not the bad boy it’s made out to be…
In SA, I’ve only ever found one double yolk. What do you feed your Roosters up North :shock:
We don’t have any special bins for double yolkers, it’s all random when we buy small, medium large or x large eggs.
It must not be too special then if you know you’ve purchased them. Kinda takes the fun out of it. Guess I’ll keep looking when I crack an egg open.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a double yolker, but I once had an egg with a double white, which I have heard are much rarer.
I found a four leaf clover in a free range egg, and although I am not at all superstitious, I couldn’t help but see it as a good omen. I was made redundant at work the very next day, and concluded that the egg must have been meant for someone else. I don’t have a good track record with eggs.
Just as long as you did not find the double yolkers on a six pack.
I have never had a double white, Harbal, so you must be luckier than me.
Me thinks there’s a special thread dedicated to your all the eggs you’ve ever had!