A one-in-25-million chance "I managed to find some data from the British Egg Information Service suggesting a double-yolk egg is about one in 1,000 and a triple-yolk egg is about one in 25 million," she said.
Odds of quadruple-yolk egg are one in 11 billion
According to the British Egg Information Service, the odds of discovering a quadruple-yolker are one in 11 billion, according to a press release from Dakota Layers.
Double yolks aren't that rare but triple yolks and above are few and far between! Even more rare is an egg with more than 2 yolks. Triple yolkers occur from time to time, and in fact, it's possible to get more yolks in an egg. The most yolks ever found in an egg was 11.
Multi-yolk eggs are a byproduct of rapid ovulation in chickens and are most common in younger hens as their reproductive systems aren't yet fully matured, according to the Egg Safety Center.
The chance of a young hen laying a double-yolked egg are roughly 1:30. So, three in a row would calculate the odds at one in 27,000.
What does a double yolk mean? If you're a superstitious person, getting an egg with a double yolk can signify good luck, an imminent new beginning, or that you or your female counterpart is going to be pregnant with twins. Or, if you subscribe to Norse mythology, it means someone in your family is going to die.
The odds of finding one of the these scarce eggs is said to be 1,000 to one, so theoretically the odds on finding ten in a row is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - or a quintillion - to one.
By themselves, double yolks are fairly rare – you might find them in 1 of every 1,000 eggs. These eggs typically come from our younger hens who are still learning how to lay eggs. As you might expect, double yolked egg shells tend to be pretty big.
According to Mashable, getting 12 double-yolk eggs in a row is super unlikely. The odds of getting just one double-yolked egg is one in 1,000, six in a row is one in a quintillion.
If you have risk factors, I would have no more than two or three [yolks] a week. If you have no risk factors, eating four or five egg yolks a week is unlikely to be detrimental, as long as you can eat them without the typical high saturated fat that usually accompanies them, like bacon, sausage or buttered toast.”
How Many Yolks Can An Egg Have At Once? People have discovered eggs with three or four yolks, although those odds are even slimmer than those of a double yolk. The world record for the most yolks inside one eggshell is NINE. That's right — nine yolks inside one eggshell.
The most common is that you or someone you know will soon become pregnant (maybe with twins) if you happen upon a double-yolker. In the Wiccan tradition, they're known as a sign of general good fortune.
According to the British Egg Information Service, the odds of discovering a quadruple-yolker are a staggering one in 11 billion, according to a news release from Dakota Layers.
For most healthy adults, it's safe to eat 1–2 eggs a day depending on how much other cholesterol is in your diet. If you already have high cholesterol or other risk factors for heart disease, it may be best to eat no more than 4–5 eggs per week.
Yes. It is a rare occurrence. When two chicks hatch from the same egg, the egg usually has two yolks. Usually, one embryo out competes the other and only one chick survives to hatch.
Guinness World Records aside, the greatest number of yolks found in a single chicken egg is said to be nine. Yep, nine yolks in one egg.
With younger chickens, the odds move to around one in 100. Some experts go on to say that the odds of finding six double yolkers in a dozen are one in quintillion – and calculating 12 consecutive double yolkers in a carton is “a true mathematical anomaly.”
$14.50. All of our Double Yolker eggs come from conventional cage-free hens where they are free to roam around and explore, and always have access to perching, nesting and dust bathing areas.
So, ignoring all other factors, the chances of getting four double-yolk eggs in a row from a single carton should be (1/1,000) x (1/1,000) x (1/1,000) x (1/1,000), or one in every trillion.
"They grade for size of the egg and for shell strength," Smith says. "They want uniformity." And, by definition, a double-yolker is not uniform. As a result, these jumbos — whether they foretell good luck or a scrambled future of misfortune — nowadays rarely make it to the grocery store.
Among purebred brown egg layers, some of the largest eggs are produced by Jersey Giants and New Hampshires, both of which can be expected to lay large to extra-large eggs. Other layers of large brown eggs include the Delaware, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Rhode Island White, and Sussex.
Yolkless eggs are actually common enough that chicken keepers have a number of names for them—fairy egg, witch egg, rooster egg, oops eggs, dwarf egg, wind egg, and, most commonly, fart egg.
Coming across a white yolk is perfectly natural, albeit, a little rare in the United States.
According to the American Egg Board, "Double-yolked eggs are often produced by young hens whose egg production cycles are not yet completely synchronized. They're often produced too, by hens that are old enough to produce extra large-sized eggs. Genetics are also a factor.
In many cultures and religions, a double yolk is a good thing; luck is on the way. Old folklore tells us someone close to you might be having twins or a new beginning is on the horizon. Or you just cracked into the about one-in-1,000 egg that has a double yolk.