Cinnamon Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 These are on sale in waitrose at £2.15 (or it might have ben £2.51 ) for 6 The question is - how do they know they are doubles????? They are massive eggs, & it says they sre hand picked to be double yolkers,but a few singles may slip through. Do you think they have some sort of scanning process to check them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Chick Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hi there, I am not a specialist. They woudn't sell eggs like that here but I reckon that they must have a strong lightsource to detect a double shape or somewhat similar inside the egg. Just a question what's the point of having double yolked eggs? I prefer the yolk myself but are these genetically modified chickens that lay such egg or just an accident by nature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Too right - we get the very occasional double yolker and its half the fun of finding one from your own chook - kind of takes the surprise out of it. And how do they get so many double yolkers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymama Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 We had around one double (and a triple!!!!) a week when our hens first started to lay, only 5 or 6 each, then they settled down to average 70g, with the bluebell making 75+ twice a week or more. I could tell the doubles, though. They were truly massive compared to the above, and most had a bit of a rim around the middle of the eggshell, as if it had taken a special effort to extrude. They must be hand-picking them off the conveyor belt, all flocks must have a trickle of new young hens coming in to lay them, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 If you shine a light through a double you can see two shadows I did that a while ago to see if a large egg was a double before I gave it to my dad as he adores double yolkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 My Waitrose was selling blue eggs, for a whopping £1.89 for six!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 So my little Mabel (blue egg layer - small but beautiful) is not only gorgeous and rather sweet, but a valuable financial asset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 Sounds like it Motherhen I would love a blue egg layer, & a double yolker would be a real bonus ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 My Waitrose was selling blue eggs, for a whopping £1.89 for six!! I like the descriptions of your chickens cookie! What does she think could be in the shed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I would love a blue egg layer, & a double yolker would be a real bonus ! No double yolks from Phil yet, but her blue eggs really are something special. Of course that might have something to do with having to wait so long for them, but still I always get excited when I see a blue egg in amongst the browns I think they taste better too, richer somehow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Blue eggs are the best Other than white eggs and brown eggs In fact any eggs that your very own chooks lay are simply the most wonderful thing in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I like the descriptions of your chickens cookie! What does she think could be in the shed? Thanks Choccy! I think thinks that the shed is full of hidden stores of sweetcorn and mealworms or something. Whenever I go to open the shed door, she's there trying to sneak a way in. I don't let her becasue its full of sharp tools, and nasty things like old tins of paint, so of course that just makes her more intruigued I'm sure Gloria's too busy looking for worms to bother about the contents of the shed, so its definitely an obsession for Betsy only. Love, Cookie. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
