Thomas@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTwo egg yolks in one eggdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1146arrow-down1imageTwo egg yolks in one eggdiscuss.tchncs.deThomas@discuss.tchncs.de to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHorsecook@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoYou can shine a light through the eggshell to see what’s inside. It’s called candling.
minus-square0ops@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoDouble-yolkers are bigger and usually weirdly shaped in my experience. It’s not a guarantee or anything, but they never seem to look like a normal egg
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNo but the thing is, they ONLY sell double yolkers. That way they don’t have to check. It’s double in every egg. Hmm?
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI think some chickens are more likely to lay them than others (due to age, or genetics). After that the eggs are somewhat larger, and you can check by shining a light through it
You can tell before cracking the egg?
You can shine a light through the eggshell to see what’s inside. It’s called candling.
Double-yolkers are bigger and usually weirdly shaped in my experience. It’s not a guarantee or anything, but they never seem to look like a normal egg
No but the thing is, they ONLY sell double yolkers. That way they don’t have to check. It’s double in every egg. Hmm?
I think some chickens are more likely to lay them than others (due to age, or genetics). After that the eggs are somewhat larger, and you can check by shining a light through it