The Largest Egg It's almost time Baby ostriches are about to hatch The babies will be born in a big sand pit A male ostrich dug the pit with his feet Many mother ostriches laid their eggs there This means lots of babies are on the way An ostrich pit can hold twelve to sixty eggs
Each ostrich egg is about 7 inches 17 centimeters long And the eggs weigh around 3.5 pounds 1.6 kilograms That's as much as twenty four chicken eggs ostrich eggs are the biggest bird eggs
A female may lay her neck along the ground to hide while she sits on her eggs One female sits on the eggs during the day to keep them warm The male sits on the eggs at night because his black and white feathers hide him in the dark
After about six weeks the baby ostriches begin to chirp inside the eggs Their necks stiffen so they can break through the eggs shells Soon they push their way out Baby ostriches are called chicks
