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When a Comox Valley family got cracking on breakfast Monday morning, they never expected three yolks would slip out of one egg and onto the frying pan.
Amy Woods had quickly scrambled to get to her phone so she could film her son, 14-year-old Jack, cooking his favourite morning dish — and it just so happens that she hit record at the perfect time, capturing video of the rare sight.
“My son usually has eggs on toast. He said, ‘Mom, I’m going to open that big egg!’ I send videos to my parents all the time, and I was like, ‘Just give me a second, I’ll come over and video it.’ I figured it would be a double yolker, because that’s not uncommon. We’ve had those before,” Amy said over the phone Monday.
“And then three yolks and I was like, ‘That’s crazy!'”
Betty Benson operates Cedar Valley Poultry Farm outside Nanaimo and says in all her years of experience, she’s only seen a double-yolk egg, “but not a triple yolker.”
The British Egg Information Service says even a double yolk is “very rare,” happening once in every 1,000 eggs, while triple yolks are one-in-25 million.
“Double or triple yolk eggs are usually found in young pullets around 20 to 28 weeks old,” according to a blog post on PoultryKeeper.com.
“…whilst very enjoyable, (they) are actually a fault. They are common in young, laying hens, especially from hens that are from highly productive strains.”
Amy says the latest multi-yolk egg came from a backyard hen.
“We keep some backyard chickens as a way of having our own free-range eggs, and on occasion, we get a larger-than-normal one,” she said.
“(Sunday), my daughter collected an egg that stood out amongst the other ones, and we thought it was cool, but left it on the counter with the other unwashed eggs,” Amy said.
“This morning for breakfast, my son wanted to see what was inside … We were completely shocked! I have seen two but never three.”
She quickly posted the video on social media and says a friend later texted her, “and she was like, ‘I looked that up and it’s really rare.'”
Amy says she “had some feedback about how rare it actually was!” adding, “I had no idea! Feels kinda cool to have experienced that from my own backyard!”
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