Question How to tell if eggs are double yolkers?

ClissAT

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Just because an egg is large or mis-shapen doesn't mean it will be a double yolker.
I had a white Australorp that laid 90gram eggs routinely.
Never produced a double.
Other than candling the egg, there is no way to tell until you break it open.
Large & double yolkers are usually laid by hens in their final egg laying years.
 

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We've had quite a few large eggs, but no double yolkers as yet. When hens start to lay, they tend to lay smaller eggs, then as time goes by the eggs get larger.
 
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