Just thought I would share a photo of my first double yolker. I'm not holding out hopes to get anything out of the egg but I just think it's amazing that it can happen

 

Hi Nadene, "DOUBLE YOLK" thats cool

That's a whopper!!

Hi Nadene, if you can see 2 yolks and it's fertile, you may get twins with a heap of luck. I think Kaz had an item on it somewhere with pics of twins.

I was under the impression you can't get twins out of a double Yolker?

L_J you can have twins hatch but it is very rare, they usually die in the shell because they run out of room.

 

These are Kaz's twins

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=31357&hl=twins

fraternal twins meaning they shared the same egg.

 

thats what I was getting at.

You can get fraternal twins out of one egg but you can't get identical twins. It is very rare that they make it to hatching due to restricted space. So if this egg is fertile it is highly unlikely to hatch but it can happen

I had a big double yolker once and it had two embryos. Both died at different stages.

Tiny dead embryo on the left and the big one one the right.

Wow, what a shame, the older one looks like it was only a few days from hatching. Great photo

The egg is fertile and now I have mixed emotions knowing what is probably going to happen

Does it have the 2 yolks Nadene or is it an oversized egg? I had a really big egg last season but it was just the one chick, he's a big bird but not unusually so. Good luck if it's a double. Fingers crossed, you'll have to keep a diary on this one.

hi Robyn, it has two yolks and two heart beats, it's was amazing to see when I candled it.

WOW !! keep us posted, fingers AND toes crossed for a great outcome.

Well, news one of the embryos was addled but I can still see veins and movement of the other. I wonder if that is what happened to yours rachelm and that is why they died at such different stages. It will interesting to see if the one left survives to hatching.

Fingers crossed. Maybe it will have a better chance, now that it won't have to compete with the other one.

Sadley the chick died in shell

oh thats sad

 

But with these eggs they are 99% survival I guess.

Sorry Nadene, maybe first chick dying in shell set up an infection which affected 2nd chick.

if one dies then the other does too due to contamination from the dead embryo