calculate egg volume

[CoturnixComplex]

I already mentioned egg weighs about 3% more than water.

I am so confused about what you want to know.

Are you trying to find the volume, mass, or weight? They are three different things.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

I am trying to save my largest eggs for hatching. Trying to predict how big a chick will be at 7 weeks. I want eggs at least 13 grams or 1.05" across the larger end.

You can't predict 7 wk size based on egg size. Larger eggs hatch out slightly bigger but genetics decide how fast they grow. A bird with larger inherent size that hatches from a smaller egg will always outgrow the other within weeks.

So you're trying to measure volume AND weight? Separately? Volume will be a fluid oz or mL measurement, a gram is a measurement of weight.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

Look, it's an assymetrical sphere. You will never accurately calculate this.

Take a graduated cylinder, fill it with water, note the starting level, drop your egg in, note the ending level, and the difference is the volume of your egg. That's the only way you will get the measurement you're after. And it will NOT be in grams.

 

[chickwatcher1]

You can't predict 7 wk size based on egg size. Larger eggs hatch out slightly bigger but genetics decide how fast they grow. A bird with larger inherent size that hatches from a smaller egg will always outgrow the other within weeks.

So you're trying to measure volume AND weight? Separately? Volume will be a fluid oz or mL measurement, a gram is a measurement of weight.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

I'm hoping by chooing the larger eggs, the odds will be in favor of larger babies. You can hatch your smallest eggs if you prefer. I do save some small ones from big mothers, about 1/3.

I don't hatch my smallest eggs (I do have eyeballs ) and I don't understand where your attitude is coming from. You asked a nonsensical question and have lots of people trying to help you anyways. I'm not of them anymore.

 

[imnukensc]

As I asked earlier, why not weigh them? Last I checked, larger eggs weigh more than smaller eggs.

 

[chickwatcher1]

if you measure in cc it will also be weight (for water) I realize egg weighs about 3% more. but easy to change 1 cc to 1.03 grams.

 

[chickwatcher1]

I am so confused about what you want to know.

Are you trying to find the volume, mass, or weight? They are three different things.

 

[CoturnixComplex]

The measurement from a graduated cylinder will be in mL and it will be a measurement of VOLUME.

You have some very basic misunderstandings about physics and you seem uninterested in keeping your mind open enough to learn. I wish you luck with your pseudo-science.

 

[MountainWoman73]

Submerge the egg in a full container of water, and measure the volume of water displaced.