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slothrop
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:59 am Post subject: eggs with two yolks |
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a few months ago I started buying these eggs that are supposed to have less chemicals/no antibiotics etc... at first we'd get an egg w/2 yolks once out of every 2 or 3 packages, then we started getting 1 or 2 per package. the latest package i bought so far has had 5 w/2 yolks, 5 w/1 yoke, and 5 not yet cracked.
is there something wrong with these eggs? should i stop eating them? is 2 yolks the result of something unhealthy like steroids? or radiation from fukishima? or is it what happens when chickens stop being given drugs? would you stop buying these eggs even though they claim to be healthier than others?
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yodanole
Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: La Florida
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slothrop
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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haha good catch. i think this may be the first time i've ever written the word 'yolk'. |
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tophatcat
Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Location: under the hat
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 1:14 am Post subject: |
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My grandparents had a farm. There were chickens on the farm. The chickens were big and laid big eggs. Sometimes an egg would have 2 yolks. Perhaps it happened 1 time out of 10. The chickens only ate natural foods such as corn. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same experience as TopHatCat. Grew up on a farm raising some chickens. No chemicals or anything that I was aware of. We would get eggs with two yolks fairly often. Man were they tasty! I miss fresh eggs. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003 Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:30 am Post subject: |
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Actually there would also be two whites. It is just that two eggs are in the same shell. I had chickens that often had eggs this way. I would hatch one egg in my incubator, and have two chicks come from it. |
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geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: eggs with two yolks |
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slothrop wrote: |
a few months ago I started buying these eggs that are supposed to have less chemicals/no antibiotics etc |
Assuming Korea has similar food and drug regulations as the US (and I've learned nothing to suggest that they don't), then you need only buy normal eggs to avoid antibiotic residues in your food. Every antibiotic in use, before it can be approved for use in food animals, must have a withdrawal time demonstrated so that farmers, veterinarians, and food safety regulators know how long a given drug takes to be 99% metabolized and eliminated by the treated animal. In other words, nothing you buy in the store, no matter what the label says, contains any antibiotics.
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or is it what happens when chickens stop being given drugs? |
The only thing that happens when chickens or other animals no longer receive antibiotics is that they have to be culled much more frequently as a result of succumbing to otherwise treatable infections. "Organic" food as somehow healthier is not just a scam, it's a far more inhumane (and inefficient) method of raising food animals. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: eggs with two yolks |
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geldedgoat wrote: |
The only thing that happens when chickens or other animals no longer receive antibiotics is that they have to be culled much more frequently as a result of succumbing to otherwise treatable infections. |
So true, people forget that it wasn't that long ago, only in the last 100 years, that infant mortality rates have gone down so much. Naturally, it was close to 20%. That's like 1 in 5 babies born would not survive their first few years. In undeveloped countries it's still like 10% (I think they do the numbers based on every 1000 births). The developed world's low infant mortality is all because of modern medicine, and clean water. Take that medicine away, on average just under 20% of babies will die. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:48 am Post subject: |
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Kwangjuchicken wrote: |
Actually there would also be two whites. It is just that two eggs are in the same shell. I had chickens that often had eggs this way. I would hatch one egg in my incubator, and have two chicks come from it. |
Interesting |
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