I coordinate a couple of local food clubs in my area of town, and we recently began purchasing eggs from a different farmer. These eggs are amazing and quite unlike anything you’ve ever purchased at the store I’m quite sure – organic or not!
Ever seen double yolk eggs before, not just one in a blue moon, but LOTS of them?Â
The egg delivery I received this week had eggs so large that some of them looked like duck eggs. In addition, half or maybe more were double yolk eggs! It is easy to see why eggs like this are never in stores. There is little chance they would even fit in a standard size carton!
In addition, eggs this size typically come from layers that are older. Since chickens that mass produce eggs don’t live very long due to unfavorable living conditions, this would also keep egg size in check.
If you’ve never seen eggs like this, why not? Are you still supporting the industrial food complex by buying your eggs at the store, which are, in many cases, months old?
Even organic eggs from the store are no comparison. Just get some farm fresh eggs and compare the difference. Deep golden to orange yolks, much bigger size, stronger shell, better taste, double yolks, cheaper price.
You don’t need any double blind studies to see and taste the difference. Your five senses will do you just fine, thank you!
By the way, if double yolk chicken eggs aren’t easily available to you, look for goose eggs instead. They are becoming more widely available and the larger yolk makes them comparably as rich as their double yolked cousins.
*Thank you to Paul Hardiman for emailing this mouth watering picture to me shortly after Tuesday’s pickup. What a fantastic brunch you enjoyed, Paul!
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
I buy local farm fresh eggs but when I run out I buy publix greenwise organic cage free and the shell is always very thick. I give my 7 month old an egg yolk every morning and this morning cracked open a double yolk from the greenwise eggs. I had never seen that before but remembered seeing this post. so maybe the publix greenwise eggs are a good back up when you run out of farm fresh eggs?
I would like to know where I can purchase eggs of this type I live in southern Maryland.
I’d never even *heard* of double-yolkers until I had been keeping chickens for more than a year. Then last summer I got a Black Copper Marans pullet and a BCM/Black Marans cross pullet. When they began laying, for awhile all they laid was double-yolkers! Not any more, once they settled into a routine, I guess. I get some from older hens occasionally. I usually keep those for our own use, as they don’t fit in our recycled egg cartons. One of my egg customers did remark during that period that she had one carton that was at least half double-yolkers!
Also forgot to mention… in Mexico they do not refrigerate their eggs…don´t know if this is a good thing or bad, but it´s the way they do it here 🙂
It’s ok to not refrigerate eggs! The only reason most people do it is because they buy them from the store and they are already 6 weeks old! If you get them fresh from the farm, no need to refrigerate.
Hello…. I am from the states, and I live in Mexico. I purchase every week large brown eggs from my farmers market, across the street from my house, … these eggs are double yolk, every one of them, and they are delicious…….
We have our own chickens and we get some double yolks and have gotten a triple yolk- that egg was HUGE.
I must be lucky! I buy eggs from the grocery store (Hickman’s Eggs), and find double yolks regularly. While I would love to purchase farm fresh eggs, t’s not an option at this time.
Sarah, I did and I e-mailed the chapter leader but received no answer. I think it must be outdated.
Silvia, go to westonaprice.org and click on Local Chapters to find the Chapter Leader in your area who can provide you with a local producers list. Bogdan, I will email you my list off board.
Oh, this brings back memories! During my childhood baking days with Grandma we’d often see double or even triple yolks. I hadn’t thought about that in years. 🙂