The Kuhl Jiffy-Way egg grading scale is the American backyard-flock standard for sorting eggs into USDA size categories — Peewee, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, and Jumbo. The scale is a simple balance-beam mechanism: place a single egg in the cradle, and a counterweight settles at the size category corresponding to that egg’s weight. No batteries, no electronics, no calibration required.
For backyard chicken keepers selling eggs at farm stands, farmers’ markets, or roadside operations, having properly graded eggs is the difference between professional presentation and a ‘random selection of egg sizes.’ Customers buy ‘large eggs’ specifically; mixing pee-wees in with jumbos in the same carton creates confused expectations and refund requests. The Jiffy-Way scale takes about two seconds per egg — fast enough that grading a day’s haul doesn’t slow down the morning routine.
Manufactured by Kuhl, the long-time American maker of poultry equipment. The scale has been essentially unchanged for decades because the mechanical design simply works. For new backyard-flock keepers building up to selling eggs, established operations that have been mixing sizes, and homesteaders running a small egg business, this is the right tool. Lehman’s catalog selection for serious backyard chicken households.
