A shell-shocked couple rushed to grab a lottery ticket after cracking a row of double yolk eggs... followed by an '11 billion to one' quadruple yolk. Chris Tulley, 26, and partner Ciaran Duffy, 36, couldn't believe their eyes when they cracked three double yolkers in a row and were gobsmacked when they cracked a fourth egg and found four yolks inside.
The pair quickly googled how rare quadruple yolk eggs are and bought a lottery ticket hoping the find was a sign of good luck but were left disappointed when they didn't win a penny. Chris was left bemoaning why their luck centered around cracking eggs rather than the lottery or something more beneficial - but are continuing to snap up lottery tickets just in case. According to the British Egg Information Service, one in every thousand eggs on average is a double-yolker while the odds of discovering a quadruple-yolker are one in 11 billion.
Chris said: "We were making breakfast, I cracked three eggs and they were both doubles and the last one was a quadruple.
The pair bought a lottery ticket hoping the find was a sign of good luck but were left disappointed when they didn't win a penny. (Image: Kennedy News and Media)
"We said 'oh that's a surprise, how random' - then we kept cracking them and they were all the same. It was weird because we'd never seen it before. How do you get all the yolks like that in one box? It's just random and odd. At the time we didn't realise how unusual it was, it was only after when we googled it, we realised how different it was.
"The odds are 11 billion to one. As if we managed to crack one when it's an 11 billion to one chance. They must have come from the same chicken. I wish we could get lucky with something else other than cracking an egg. I decided to put the lottery on that weekend and I've been doing it more often but no luck there."
Chris Tulley, 26, and partner Ciaran Duffy, 36, were gobsmacked (Image: Kennedy News and Media)
Nurse Chris and social worker Ciaran were making a fry up for their family with the Aldi free-range box of six while on holiday at Center Parcs when they made the discovery. Chris said: "The other two in the pack were singles. They looked normal, they weren't big but the yolks were smaller. They weren't the size of an average yolk. We asked all the family to come and have a look.
"My brother cracked a double yolk once and found out he was pregnant with me niece. I wonder after the quadruple if that'll happen again with twins."
