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How common are twins and triplets?

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Axl Rose

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Hi,

My Golden Albion Simba is about 16 hours into a clutch of eggs, he last clutch had several sets of twins, maybe 5 or 8, this clutch (still laying) so far has 17 sets of twins and 4 sets of triplets. Just wondering if this is normal for so many multiples, or if my girl has a "twin gene"?

Here's Two sets of Twins and a Triplets
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I've had up to 8 embryos in an egg before - so multiples are not unusual. One of my girls laid dozen on multiples, another only a handful, so possibly dependant on the female.

However, in my experience not all embryos from multiples will survive, and once the first one hatches any that are not developed enough to hatch immediately often perish.
 
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