Monday, 23 January 2017

Double Trouble.



Each Saturday we buy a dozen eggs from a nice old man at the market. Depending on the weather, they are either quite grubby, or, as at the moment, are very clean.

So, what's so odd about that Cro? I hear you ask.

Well, from the five we've already eaten; ALL OF THEM have been double yolkers.


I have a feeling that all the rest will be too!



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32 comments:

  1. Jennifer23 January 2017 at 05:13

    You got your money's worth!

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    1. Cro Magnon23 January 2017 at 05:58

      Sure did. I've never know quite so many. We've since had two more and they were the same.

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  2. Doc23 January 2017 at 05:24

    Our Orpingtons used lay doubles, I miss those girls.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 January 2017 at 05:58

      Ours young hens used to lay doubles in early spring, but this is just odd.

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  3. Rachel Phillips23 January 2017 at 06:16

    Twins on the way is what that means..

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  4. Maria23 January 2017 at 06:33

    I haven't seen double yolks for a long time!
    Greetings Maria x

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    1. Cro Magnon23 January 2017 at 06:51

      I've just eaten another one for my breakfast, and it was the same again.

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  5. Le Pré de la Forge23 January 2017 at 06:42

    He may well have just started a new herd of hens....
    our two laid doubles right at the start.... they've just come back on lay after their moult but seem to have settled themselves down this year... the last ten eggs have been sixty grams each.
    I like dubbles..... more yolk!

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    1. Cro Magnon23 January 2017 at 06:52

      I think this must be the case. A new batch of first time layers!

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  6. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe23 January 2017 at 07:37

    I'd say you are having a run of good luck. Maybe you will win a lottery tomorrow.

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  7. Yael23 January 2017 at 07:41

    I can not remember the last time i saw double yolks.

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  8. Jacqueline @ HOME23 January 2017 at 09:23

    I get so excited when I get a double tiller ..... it doesn't take much to get me excited nowdays !!!! I always buy the blue shell Cotswold Legbar eggs and get a double yolker now and again. My Grandad used to breed and show chickens !!! XXXX

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    1. Jacqueline @ HOME23 January 2017 at 09:24

      That's double yolker ... bloody spellcheck thingy !!! XXXX

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    2. Cro Magnon23 January 2017 at 10:23

      I used to know a Tiller Girl... I thought you were talking about THEM.

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    3. Jacqueline @ HOME23 January 2017 at 11:34

      Haha !!!!! XXXX

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  9. Tom Stephenson23 January 2017 at 11:21

    It's that knife again...

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  10. coffeeontheporchwithme23 January 2017 at 11:36

    Someone beat me to it, I was going to say it is likely a bunch of young hens. Regardless, enjoy! Do you know if they are free run hens? -Jenn

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    1. Cro Magnon23 January 2017 at 13:35

      Absolutely.... we don't have the other kind here (apart from in supermarkets).

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  11. libby23 January 2017 at 15:14

    I used to be so thrilled to get a double yolker when I was a child..and the yolk always seemed to be very yellow back then too......and police men didn't look like 12yr olds and the sun shone in the summer etc.,etc.,

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    1. Cro Magnon24 January 2017 at 04:58

      You're right, it used to be the highlight of your day.

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  12. Frances23 January 2017 at 15:40

    You've reminded me of the double yolked eggs we would find amongst those delivered by our egg man from Harshbarger's Hen Haven Farm, back in my Virginia childhood. A sweet memory, and so I thank you.

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    1. Cro Magnon24 January 2017 at 05:00

      Personalised egg delivery? That sounds wonderful.

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  13. John Going Gently23 January 2017 at 18:23

    What happened to your old hens?

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    1. Cro Magnon24 January 2017 at 05:00

      My next door neighbour's dogs dined on them!

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  14. The Weaver of Grass23 January 2017 at 19:09

    Because of the risk of avian flu all hens have to be shut in here until the end of February. Our hens absolutely hate it and are only laying a few eggs as a protest. They often lay double yolkers too.

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    1. Cro Magnon24 January 2017 at 05:02

      I'm not sure what's happened here about Avian Flu. I did hear about flocks of Ducks being slaughtered, but that was last Summer.

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  15. Donna OShaughnessy23 January 2017 at 22:36

    Love those double yolks. A great excuse for frying up twice as much bacon.

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