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BlueDaisy

  • Joined Aug 2010
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Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« on: April 29, 2011, 07:52:10 am »
 :o Yesterday morning I cracked open a 98g egg laid by our buff orpington hen last Thursday (now living with dizzy1pig). Thought I would treat myself as I was sure it would be a double yolker. To my complete astonishment it was a quadruple yolker!! :o :o :o
Of course, in my excitement I burnt everything else in the pan, but the egg was lovely ::) :P
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daddymatty82

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • swindon
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2011, 08:09:54 am »
what a nice egg lol ;D
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tazbabe

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • ayrshire
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2011, 08:31:01 am »
wow!!!
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dizzy1pig

  • Joined Jan 2010
    • Leuchars, Fife
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2011, 10:43:06 am »
mmmm... she has not laid one o them for me yet....  :wave:
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ambriel

  • Joined Jan 2011
    • Kinlochbervie, NW Sutherland, Scotland
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Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2011, 10:49:41 am »
Blimey! How big was the shell? Is she walking funny?
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 01:59:23 pm »
Quote from: BlueDaisy on April 29, 2011, 07:52:10 am
:o Yesterday morning I cracked open a 98g egg laid by our buff orpington hen last Thursday (now living with dizzy1pig). Thought I would treat myself as I was sure it would be a double yolker. To my complete astonishment it was a quadruple yolker!! :o :o :o
Of course, in my excitement I burnt everything else in the pan, but the egg was lovely ::) :P
AND you broke the yolks when putting them in the pan!!!! ::) ;D ;D
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goosepimple

  • Joined May 2010
    • nr Lauder, Scottish Borders
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 02:20:55 pm »

....and broker them in to the shape of the spitfire that went over Kate and Wills on the palace balcony!  Well done! ;D
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2011, 02:32:21 pm »
Quote from: goosepimple on April 29, 2011, 02:20:55 pm

....and broker them in to the shape of the spitfire that went over Kate and Wills on the palace balcony!  Well done! ;D

 :D :D :D
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BlueDaisy

  • Joined Aug 2010
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Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2011, 05:39:45 pm »
Quote from: Fleecewife on April 29, 2011, 02:32:21 pm
Quote from: goosepimple on April 29, 2011, 02:20:55 pm

....and broker them in to the shape of the spitfire that went over Kate and Wills on the palace balcony!  Well done! ;D

 :D :D :D

Well that was me being artistic!!  :P ;D :P ;D
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2011, 09:25:38 pm »
Very observant!  I never noticed the shape ;D
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hughesy

  • Joined Feb 2010
    • Anglesey
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2011, 09:56:14 pm »
One of our ex bats has laid an egg weighihg 105 grammes today. Just weighed some of the usual size ones and they're 65-70g. I'm dying to see if it's got multiple yolks but somehow I don't want to break it.
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
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Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2011, 10:01:49 pm »
It's a great treat getting the double (and more!) yolkers.  I used to find I got more of them when the weather was bad - eventually I worked out that if it was rainy or snowy they stayed in and ate their ad-lib pellets, whereas if it was nice they went out and ranged about.  Now I only give them as many pellets as I want them to have in the morning and I get regular-sized eggs (and well-exercised and varied-diet hens.)  (And yes I give them more during the day if it's horrid and they can't range.)
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Beewyched

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • South Wales
    • tunkeyherd.co.uk
Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2011, 10:06:28 pm »
Ah - now that makes sense - never thought about it before, but we only ever get doublers in the winter - now I know why  ;) ;D
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doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
    • Clackmannanshire
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Re: Quadruple Yolker!!!!
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2011, 10:24:46 pm »
I had a double yolk duck egg couple of weeks ago - full sunshine, temperatures around 14/15.  I had cracked it into Hester's bowl without checking the weight even though it was larger than the others.  Just had a thought about the timing of that.  She had a minor stroke a few days later - that couldn't have caused it could it?
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