The Giant Egg That Changed Everything on My Farm (2 of 3)

“My first thought was, ‘Well, she’s done laid a double-yolker,’” Henry said, chuckling. “She looked proud, too. Like she knew she’d done something big.”

Intrigued, Henry brought the egg inside and placed it gently on a dish towel. His wife, Laura, took one look and gasped. “Henry, that’s not normal. That looks like something you buy at Costco.”

They debated whether to crack it open or let it hatch. Curiosity won. Henry moved it into an incubator he usually uses for quail eggs and waited.

Twenty-one days later — right on schedule — the egg began to wiggle.

“I thought it’d be some freakishly big chick,” he said. “Maybe conjoined twins, which can happen with double yolks. But nope. What popped out was a regular-sized chick… and then, out of the same shell, came another one.”

Twin chicks. From one egg. Perfectly formed. Healthy. Chirping like they’d just invented sound.

“I just about dropped my coffee,” Henry laughed. “Never seen anything like it. And I’ve been doing this since Carter was in office.”

While rare, it can happen. Twin chicks can develop in one egg — though it’s incredibly uncommon for both to survive hatching. Most often, one chick dies in the shell, or neither make it out. But Henry’s twins beat the odds.

He named them Hank Jr. and Jolene.

The story might’ve stayed a charming little anecdote within the family — until Henry posted a video of the chicks pecking around in a mixing bowl lined with paper towels.

“Just hatched from the same egg — meet Hank and Jolene,” the caption read.