How heavy is your egg?

[The Angry Hen]

My Faverolle/Brahma cross breeds will lay eggs just reaching 2oz on an average... the purebreds (Brahma, Sussex, and Australorp) will lay 1 1/2oz eggs, the Faverolles and Cochin, just an ounce. It's a very interesting topic!

 

[Chickassan]

I thought over 85g were called blowouts?
Maybe thats just around these parts.
This one still holds the title, laid by mean Marlene the Delaware.

She laid this one for my birthday, it was only 97g, but it is the thought that counts.

This one was 112

This one was 104

A 113

And the only time Marlene ever had a challenger, Susan the amerakinda.

My lovely assortment, got something for everyone.

 

[DiYMama540]

You guys are sharing pictures of dinosaur eggs!!!

 

[EggWalrus]

I weigh all of my eggs in grams.
Jumbo - Greater than 2.5 oz. or 70 g or >
Extra-Large (XL) - Greater than 2.25 oz. or 64-69 g
Large (L) - Greater than 2 oz. or 56-63 g
Medium (M) - Greater than 1.75 oz. or 49-55 g
Small (S) - Greater than 1.5 oz. or 42-48 g
Peewee - Greater than 1.25 oz. or < 42 g
My Leghorns lay very large eggs too. This is one of my largest eggs at 185 grams. Not sure if it was laid by a RIR or RIW since I have both in that coop. It was an egg inside an egg and they were both double yolk.
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Got a pic of the 185g egg? That's cool!

 

[Erba]

Here are the weight classification in Europe and USA

EU weight standard
XL: 73 g or more
L: 63 g to under 73g
M: 53 g to under 63 g
S: under 53g


USDA weight standard

CLASS MIN NET PER DOZEN CONVERTED TO MIN GRAMS/EGG
Jumbo 30 ounces 70.9g
Extra Large 27 ounces 63.8g
Large 24 ounces 56.7g
Medium 21 ounces 49.6g
Small 18 ounces 42.5g

Bit of a problem if they ask for medium egg in a recipe...

 

[Aunt Angus]

These eggs are RIDICULOUS! Holy moly!

Poor hens.... (I had big babies. I can sympathize.)

 

[The Angry Hen]

Here's a little homemade chart for my own breed referencing. The Cochin hens, my second biggest breed, lays the smallest eggs.

 

[Papa John59]

My Leghorns lay very large eggs too. This is one of my largest eggs at 185 grams. Not sure if it was laid by a RIR or RIW since I have both in that coop. It was an egg inside an egg and they were both double yolk.
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[cmom]

Here are the weight classification in Europe and USA

EU weight standard
XL: 73 g or more
L: 63 g to under 73g
M: 53 g to under 63 g
S: under 53g


USDA weight standard

CLASS MIN NET PER DOZEN CONVERTED TO MIN GRAMS/EGG
Jumbo 30 ounces 70.9g
Extra Large 27 ounces 63.8g
Large 24 ounces 56.7g
Medium 21 ounces 49.6g
Small 18 ounces 42.5g

Bit of a problem if they ask for medium egg in a recipe...

I agree, that why I use the </> less than/greater than average and I like to bake. All of my eggs weigh a little bit different. Since I sell most of my eggs I want the customers to have a mix but not all big eggs. My cartons are made of jumbo, xlg and lg eggs. When I get an overabundance of the sm/med eggs I put them in 18 pks and sell them for the same as the large dozen cartons. I have a few customers that like the smaller eggs. The small and medium eggs we usually eat or use in recipes. My pullets just started laying today so now I will have a lot of the sm/med eggs. Probably more than we can eat. This may sound gross but, I had a carton of eggs in my egg fridge. I didn't realize how old they were. I took them in the house and ate one. They were from my Leghorns from Easter. At Easter I separate the white eggs for people who want to color the eggs. I for got about them but they were still good and I ate them. I do rotate my eggs but put any cartons with deformed/cracked not customer friendly on a different shelf in the fridge and eat them myself or bake with them. That's what happens when you get old and forgetful.

 

[cmom]

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Here's a little homemade chart for my own breed referencing. The Cochin hens, my second biggest breed, lays the smallest eggs.

Love it...