I recorded egg weights several years ago and I recall 35 grams being the average for my D. couperi clutches at the time they were deposited into the nest box. I continued weighing them throughout incubation and recall most weighed close to, or just over, 50 grams approximately one week prior to hatching.

I will go back through my notes, as I measured and weighed each egg on a weekly basis and recall most of them not only gaining a great deal of weight, but incurring a 50 – 75 percent increase in size as well, during the course of incubation…





Best regards,



Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres

University of Arkansas

snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu

501.603.1947

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• couperi egg weight... - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Oct 26 08:54:44 2005
• I only know they are weighed in Troy ounces.... - Mike Meade, Wed Oct 26 13:22:01 2005
• Mike... - DeanAlessandrini, Wed Oct 26 14:58:36 2005
• Interesting info........ - HANGER, Thu Oct 27 07:56:26 2005
• Sorry - spelt your name wrong! n/p - HANGER, Thu Oct 27 07:58:34 2005
• RE: Interesting info........ - DeanAlessandrini, Thu Oct 27 11:34:15 2005
• Thank's and ignore my other reply, the response was there.....N/P - chuck911jeep, Thu Oct 27 20:41:05 2005
• RE: Interesting info........thanks....more - HANGER, Fri Oct 28 15:00:46 2005
• Name... - DeanAlessandrini, Fri Oct 28 15:05:30 2005
• RE: Mike... - chuck911jeep, Thu Oct 27 20:31:27 2005
• RE: couperi egg weight... - epidemic, Thu Oct 27 13:47:11 2005
• Very helpful, thanks Jeff! (n/p) - DeanAlessandrini, Fri Oct 28 07:45:48 2005