That's an immense difference! Where are you buying your eggs?
There should not be that much of a difference.
There should not be that much of a difference.
We buy them at the local market. We use them for snacks, so I have been buying the largest size eggs (Jumbo). Maybe that's the problem. Since there is no larger size, I suppose it could include any eggs that are larger than some mimimum size (66g?). I'll buy the next smaller size next time and weigh those.That's an immense difference! Where are you buying your eggs?
There should not be that much of a difference.
They are from an association of small local farmers. I have sent them an email asking how they sort the eggs.Professional egg suppliers use weight to separate sizes. As the eggs roll along a conveyer belt, they are sensitive to weight. The heaviest eggs trigger a lever and they drop down (well, not drop but roll). Next weight on the scale down the line does the same thing. So as they go along at the end you have the pee wee's.
I don't know about there but here eggs are classified by their weight.
so I'm thinking that it is entirely likely, your eggs were probably hand separated and the person was going by eye as to the classification of the egg.
Here they are refrigerated and probably washed. They are not 100% clean, but they do not look like the ones my grampa used to bring in from the coup when I was a kid.When you buy your eggs in the UK - are they refrigerated? I don't believe they were at one time but now?
Nor were they 'washed' as they are here. Heaven forbid the poor city gal open the carton and find straw (and something else) on the breakfast egg!
Yes, they are. I agree, it's very interesting. I always wondered how some types of birds manage to lay one egg a day, but still have all the eggs hatch nearly at the same time. Why didn't those eggs go bad, while mum wasn't incubating them? But, this is probably the reason that eggs are self-protecting.Wow, no this is fascinating! I had no idea! So the eggs are self protecting?
I was thinking of other birds than chickens, like robins.Exactly taxy, but also remember, the broods are not so big as to have them spoil. Especially in the wild. Plus, not all chicken lay an egg a day. The chickens (now-a-days) that do are specially bred to do so.