table of egg weights?

[Puck-Puck]

For those of use who intend to use an ordinary food scale for weighing the eggs we will EVENTUALLY be getting, is there a table somewhere saying how many ounces/grams make a small/medium/large egg? I tried googling, but I guess I didn't use the right search words.

 

[LoreenH]

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I found this info at http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/36558-all-about-eggs-introductory-materials/

Jumbo
Carton weight: 30oz.
Egg weight: 2.5oz.

Extra large
Carton weight: 27oz.
Egg weight: 2.25oz.

Large
Carton weight: 24oz.
Egg weight: 2oz.

Medium
Carton weight: 21oz.
Egg weight: 1.75oz.

Small
Carton weight: 18oz.
Egg weight: 1.5oz.

Peewee
Carton weight: 15oz.
Egg weight: 1.25oz.

 

[cybercat]

This should be a sticky as we get the question enough.

 

[rileysgranny]

I guess that makes my 1oz bantam eggs extra pee-wee!

Edited to add: thanks for this information. I've been wondering about this for awhile.

 

[Puck-Puck]

Thank you so very much! This is information I can use. (If in doubt, ask at BYC!)

 

[Puck-Puck]

All right, I followed the link for the Canadian egg weight regulations, which went to the home page for the entire Ministry of Justice! I searched around, and eventually found the Canadian egg weight table. It is as follows:

jumbo, min. 70 grams
extra large, min. 63 g.
large, min. 56 g.
medium, 49 g.
small, 42 g.
peewee: anything under 42 g.

This appears to be the same scale expressed in metric, assuming that 28 grams = 1 ounce.

Alas, my food scale is not sensitive enough to weigh eggs. A postal scale would do the job.