so i found a double yolk in the second egg while making french toast for jamal this morning so i made sure to document this incredible occurrence.Wikipedia had the following to say about this abnormality:
Some hens will lay double-yolked eggs as the result of unsynchronized production cycles. Although heredity causes some hens to have a higher propensity to lay double-yolked eggs, these occur more frequently as occasional abnormalities in young hens beginning to lay. Usually a double-yolked egg will be longer and thinner than an ordinary single-yolk egg. (i did not notice this) Double-yolked eggs occur rarely, only leading to observed successful hatchlings under human intervention, as the unborn chickens would otherwise fight each other and die. (HOLY CRAP THAT IS AWESOME!)
This of course leads to the inevitable visual image of two unborn chickens fighting to the death inside an otherwise normal looking egg...who knew such an epic struggle was taking place in such a small unknown corner of the world...
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