Chicken weighing/egg weighing

[tn_artist]

Hey all! I want to buy a scale to weigh some of my birds. Typing in chicken scale gets me everything from scaly mites to processed meat scales to commercial poultry scales. What do you use?
I also want to weigh some eggs. Does a kitchen scale work best for that? I like the cute scales, but doubt they are very accurate.

If it comes from Amazon, even better.
Thanks

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've had kitchen scales that were junk. Most pocket gram scales seem to be pretty reliable. You can tell if they are junk by weighing something light. Then weigh again and if the results aren't repeatable, get a new scale.
I still use a pocket scale to weigh individual eggs but I bought this scale recently and am very happy with it. The platform is big enough to weigh chickens, trays of eggs and feed.
https://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my-weigh-kd8000.htmlIt will weigh up to 8000 grams and I bought a 10 gram calibration weight with it and it is spot on each time.
I usually weight things over 50 grams. I was very impressed a 8,000 gram scale will repeatedly and precisely weigh 10 grams.
I had a kitchen scale that I bought at Target. I bought it to weigh chicks. The first time I put a chick on, it read 36 grams. I took it off and put it back on and it read 42 grams. It continually had different readings for the same chick. Junk and totally worthless. It went right in the trash.

 

[centrarchid]

For eggs I am using a scale like used for weighing postage that goes out to 2 decimal places. Eggs are weighed singly while constrained by a plastic strawberry basket.

I literally use several types of scales to weigh chickens and other critters (mostly fish and other aquatic things). My chickens are tame enough they get the platform scale and just stand there. The exceptional chickens that do not stand still are placed in a covered bucket where the handle is hooked by a scale like used to weigh bass (fish) suspended by their jaw.

 

[centrarchid]

Eggs (not exact but similar specs)
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-CUSI...tal+scale&qid=1582753986&s=home-garden&sr=1-5
Calm birds
https://www.amazon.com/Ohaus-Portab...s=home-garden&sprefix=OHUAS,garden,360&sr=1-1
Flighty birds
https://www.amazon.com/American-Wei...ocphy=9023530&hvtargid=pla-313682552319&psc=1

 

[Graidyn]

This is my kitchen scale. I bought it nearly two years ago and it's still working fantastic. It's small, so whether I can weigh adult chickens properly remains to be seen, but it's working great for weighing my chicks every morning during their morning check to make sure everyone is gaining weight properly and give me a heads up for problems that may be coming (if they're not gaining). I have bantams and the heaviest chick is currently only 27 grams (the lightest is 19 grams). I place a paper bowl on the scale, turn it on, and sit a chick in it. It's working fantastic and reproduces weights perfectly.

Amazon kitchen scale