Finding Contentment

Triple yolk!

When the kids brought me a huge egg from the hen house yesterday, I figured it would probably be a double yolk egg. Last night we had breakfast for dinner - sausage, eggs, bacon, biscuits, and french toast - and I cracked the egg in question open first to see if it would be a double yolk. Imagine my surprise when I discovered it was a triple yolk! I was so proud of my chickies! They've only been laying for less than a month now, so every egg still brings joy. But this egg - this brought lots of joy!

My husband took these photos as I was cracking the eggs. This is the egg in question.

This is a comparision of the triple yolk egg and a normal-sized egg - one the chickens normally lay.

Here is the pile of eggshells from the eggs I cooked last night (we were serving two families). All of these came from our six chickens - well, only four of which are currently laying.

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11:09 AM, Thursday, October 4, 2007 .. Posted by Kitty

When my girls started laying last year I was getting a bunch of double yolks. That soon stopped, now I get regular ones. I think it might be a hormonal thing with them at first. Anywho, I figure it's better this way not so much cholesterol, LOL.
Kitty

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11:57 AM, Thursday, October 4, 2007 .. Posted by homesteadmama4

Wow, that's neat. We had a no yolker this week. Very little.

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02:26 PM, Thursday, October 4, 2007 .. Posted by Karen

I don't know if I've ever heard of a triple yolk egg! Hope you're having a great day!

Take care,
Karen
http://thetagblog.blogspot.com/

Chicken Eggs

09:48 AM, Friday, October 5, 2007 .. Posted by Carrie J

Poor chicken! It's like hearing someone gave birth to a 10 lb baby. LOL. I wish we had the space for chickens. I miss having fresh eggs.
Your blog is very nice. I''ve bookmarked it.
Thanks for you comment on mine.
Carrie J
http://lookingthroughthebackyardofmylife.blogspot.com/

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08:48 PM, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

Home grown eggs are the best. I didn't realize you could have double and triple yolks though. Thanks for teaching me something new!

~Mrs. Elliott
Unfoldinggrace.blogspot.com