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Tips and Tricks
Weights and Measures

With today's global economy, we often purchase items where the dosage is in a measurement we are not familiar with.   Please refer to the charts below to be sure to administer the correct dosage in our aviary.

 Liquid Measure

 

 

 

 US Standard

 US Standard

 Metric

 Metric

 1 teaspoon (tsp)  3/16 ounce (oz)    5 milliliters (ml)  
 3 tsp   1 Tablespoon (TB)
       or 1/2 oz
 15 ml  
 4 TB  1/4 Cup ( 2 oz)  60 ml  
 1 Cup  8 oz   240 ml  
 2 Cups  1 pint ( 16 oz)  480 ml ~ 1/2 liter
 16.9 oz                 500 ml  1/2 liter
 2 pints  1 quart (qt) - 32 oz  960 ml  ~ 1 liter
33.8 oz         1000 ml 1 liter
4 qt     1 gallon - 128 oz 3840 ml ~ 4 liters

 Solid Measure by Weight      
 US Standard  US Standard  Metric  Metric
 1 ounce (oz)    28.4 grams  
 16 oz  1 pound (lb)  455 grams  ~1/2 kilogram(k)
17.637 oz             1/2 kilogram
 35.2 oz  (2.2 lbs)    1000 grams 1 kilogram
211.2 oz                          13.2 lbs  6000 grams  6 kilograms