Fact 298: How big is an Ostrich egg?

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Fact 298: How big is an Ostrich egg?



Ostrich's eggs are about 5-6 inches (6 inches equals 152.4 millimetres), and the eggs (individually) weigh around 1.361 kilograms (1361 grams), to put this into some sort of perspective the average chicken egg is about 62mm tall and weighs roughly between 50 and 70 g.

One ostrich egg is equivalent to about 24 chicken eggs.



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