# Double yolks in eggs

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-yolks-in-eggs/7292 "2000-02-14T15:05:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-yolks-in-eggs/7292/21 "2000-06-21T15:20:49Z")

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> An egg does not have to be fertilized in order for it to be laid. My pet cockatiel lays an egg every month, and she is a solitary bird. It has to have something to do with fertility cycles.  
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Just as a woman produce an ovum every month even in the absence of sexual contact.

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