Lisa Wilson, 47 years old, was extremely surprised when she discovered that one of the eggs that she used for making breakfast gave her not one, not two, but three egg yolks, SWNS reports.
Wilson, of Blaby, managed to beat the odds of 25 million to one. She found out about the small feat while she was making breakfast for her and her husband Anthony, who’s 52 years old.
Wilson said, “We were preparing breakfast on Sunday morning. When my partner was cracking the eggs open he said he’d got a triple yolker. We couldn’t believe it, I still can’t.
She continued, “I’ve never known anyone to have a triple yolker. We then cracked another three eggs into the pan and each one was a double yolk.”
Wilson, who’s an insurance underwriter, bought the eggs from Attfields Farm Shop in Whetstone, Leicester. The rest of the eggs contained two egg yolks.
Wilson said, “I’ve heard quite a few people have a box with half a dozen double yolks in, but never a triple yolker like this. I took a picture straight away.
She continued, “I buy the extra large eggs and we’ve had plenty of double yolkers before from the farm shop. I’ve been buying my eggs from there for a few years. I let Anthony eat the one with the triple yolker. I’d sooner have won the lottery, but you can’t have it all ways.”
Paul Attfield, who owns the farm shop with his brother Christopher, said, “I saw a picture of a triple yolker in a frying pan a few years ago, but I’ve never seen one myself. A lot of our extra large eggs do have double yolks, but it’s good to hear about this one.”
Tim Daniels of Poultrykeeper.com said, “Double or triple yolk eggs are usually found in young pullets around 20 to 28 weeks old. The probability of finding a multi-yolk egg is estimated (by the British Egg Information Service) at one in 1,000 overall but that drops to 1 in 100 for these young pullets.
“Since commercial farms have flocks of the same age hens, you may just be lucky enough to get several double yolk eggs in the same box… but that’s pretty rare!
“Even more rare is an egg with more than two 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 nine. Imagine that.”
Wilson’s claim may or may not be true. But we’ll just give her the benefit of the doubt.
Double-yolk eggs are extremely rare, let alone one that contains three. However, reports of such occurrences tend to happen in England. There are also no further research made if a double-yolk egg would yield two chicks if properly incubated.
