Speaking of eggs.... : ) I made sunnyside up eggs this am for dh. One of my eggs had 2 yolks.

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Twins! I cook eggs all the time for years!! I have never seen this before!

Last week, I finally convinced myself that I can change how I prepare my eggs for cooking. When I was a child, my mom always made sure we washed our hands, then crack the eggs in a glass bowl, look for egg shells and smell to ensure that the egg is not bad, then wash hands again...etc..

I have done this out of habit..Not thinking twice. It occurred to me that I have never, ever had an egg shell in the glass bowl, and never had a smelly rotton egg.... I will still continue washing my hands, but I think I can forgo the glass bowl.

Back to my twin eggs...I think I shall purchase a lottery ticket today!

 
Don't throw that glass bowl out yet dearie

I have found a speck or two of blood in some raw eggs that I've checked before using them. It 'd probably be ok to use, but... ewwww.

Not exactly sure about a piece of shell in with the egg, but if you ever do crack an egg and some of the shell falls into it, use the other (larger) part of the broken eggshell to pick it up with. It sticks to it like glue and you don't have to go fishing around for it.

I've seen double yolks a lot - it's supposed to be a sign of good luck; they usually occur in jumbo eggs, like it almost was going to split, and then stopped for some reason.

By the way, Barb, I got my answer about bookkeeping... thanks to Marianne, Scott, and Dawn_MO. :eek:) Thanks for the offer anyway.

Dawn

 
I was told that that little speck of blood was from the hen being frightened. . .

it was just a "glitch" in the egg, safe to eat.

And my sister, years ago, had Buff Orpington hens that laid like crazy and she had big eggs and a LOT of double yolkers!

 
In biology class I was taught that the speck of blood means the egg was fertilized, and if you

follow the progression of development of the embryo, it will start to pulse and become the heart of the creature. Anyone know otherwise? No danger to eat it, Dawn.

 
I used to raise my own chickens, and always had a rooster, and the eggs sometimes had specks of

blood, and sometimes not. I usually had 4 to 5 hens per rooster. I can't remember what I did though. Maybe people from Epi would remember those days. I was on there almost the whole time of my marriage on that 10 acres.

 
Kendall, was that you??? I recall a long, very informative post about raising chickens...must have

been 5+ yrs ago on epi. Was that you??

 
On the eggs I have observed, there is a white(ish) spot, and this is not the. . .

chalazion, and that spot is the fertilized spot. Some of our eggs have 'em and some do both of the roosters would take a hike! If what I reported above is actually the fertilization spot, I am amazed about how FEW hens the roosters jump.

I had heard that in most of the animal kingdom, the female controls the breeding and the males are left pretty much to catch as they can, so to say. This must be true in the chicken kingdom as most of those hens avoid the roosters to the best of their ability!

 
Eww is right re: blood!

Glad you were able to get insight on the bookkeeping! : )

Best,
Barb

 
Oh I know it's safe to eat, but "Ewwww!" Isn't that why they used to "candle" eggs a long

time ago, putting them in a lighted tube and look for specks of blood? I can eat eggs, and I can eat chicken, but the thought of eating a chicken IN an egg? No thanks!

 
OH My Goodness, Y'all do remember why Foghorn Leghorn became a star!

I can tell y'all the most best stories about my 7 years on that 10 acres, and all the roosters. Thang is, the roosters were so jealous of eachother, the hens would just ignore them. But one day I went to get my eggs, and I opened the hatch, and there was a 13 foot copperhead way too lazy to bite me at that point, and I went to get the shotgun, and I shot it, my terrible disappointment arose when DaddyGator refused to skin the damn snake. Oh well, them were wonderful days of fresh laid eggs, blood or no blood, rooster or no rooster, it was really cool.

 
Let us put this wive's tale to rest for all time... I have NO roosters. I have - - >

Occasionally found tiny spots of blood in my eggs. My hens are frightened...they are the biggest bunch of spoiled biddies. It's safe to use. And for what it's worth, If I'm fixing breakfast eggs that are supposed to be pretty, I put that egg aside for anything else. The old habit of cracking eggs into a separate bowl comes from days of not taking eggs from a carton. If Grandma wasn't sure how old the eggs were, she'd either float them in a bowl - if it floats, get rid of it - or she'd crack them into a bowl before putting them in with any other ingredients. That way you're ALWAYS sure. Ahhh...life in the country!

 
Tx Dawn, agreed...Creeps me out also.As my classmates from NC would say..."Thats just not right!"

 
Glennis, you just brought back memories...I forgot about the floating in the bowl routine. We did

stop that, once I had "egg cracking" skills...

So funny that techniques you learn at such a young age stick with you!!

 
Wait a second though... isn't the reason you crack the eggs into a separate

bowl just to make sure that they are good before adding them to, and possibly ruining, a lot of other ingredients? So why would that change with cartons, or become an old-fashioned thing to do? Seems smart to me.

 
I read the comments in that link, and they say that it's common in

pullets - young hens - because their production of eggs are often at a faster rate than their production of "shell" material... so this might produce 2 yolks inside of 1 shell. Since companies separate eggs by weight, you'll see a high ratio of double-yolks in jumbo (heavy) eggs.

This is an egg-strordinary explaination, if it's true!

 
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