Tracking Egg Weight

[DK newbie]

I have no clue with regards to the topic, but I can see a way to reach a plateau: When water evaporates it leaves behind the minerals that were dissolved in it. Those minerals could gradually clog the pores making them smaller and smaller.
This could explain that the same amount of water seems to evaporate every time before reaching the plateau - the water in each egg contains about the same amount of minerals so whether it evaporates fast or slow the same amount of minerals will be left behind in the pores by the time a certain amount of water has passed them.

 

[paneubert]

I think if there is a plateau, it is not constant over longer time frames or indicative of a stoppage of air cell growth. I have eggs in my fridge that have completely dried out over months and months of storage. So much so that the yolk is a tiny pellet of yellow when I crack the egg.

 

[Plip]

It's just a hypothesis at this point, a way of explaining what I observed. I might be way off. And with only one hatch as a sample, even my observations might not be representative of what's normal.

Some of the eggs are wiggling a bit. We may have chicks in the morning.

 

[DivineDreams]

After 7 years, it ends on a cliff hanger and we dont get to discover the hatch rate after all of that?