...that a brown egg is laid by a reddish-brown hen with reddish-brown ear lobes, and a white egg is laid by a hen with white feathers and white ear lobes.
Then again this is not necessarily always true! Check out www.backyardchickens.com/
for the actual breeds that lay each color. There are also more colors or variations.
The first and obvious difference is their color, the second is the type of chicken it comes out of, personally I haven't tasted any difference between the two.
Nutritionally there is no difference, various breeds lay different colors. White eggs are popular with grocery stores visually (clean and fresh looking) and one of the best laying breeds happens to lay white eggs. Restaurants often prefer brown eggs as it is easier to see bits of shell when they fall in the food being prepared. A tiny white bit of shell in a pound of flour is hard to find until somebody crunches it. Yolk color is adjusted by feed contents.
Really, the only true difference is the one you mentioned, the color. They taste the same, have the same amount of nutrients, everything. The only difference is the genetics of the chicken that laid the egg.
Note - Many people do not know this, but technically, brown eggs and white eggs have the same shell color - white. The brown you see is an "overlay" of color. Hence, both eggs have white shells - but the brown has an "overlay" of color that makes it a brown color.
Note 2- White eggs are the product of chickens with white ears and chickens with red ears lay other colors including Blue and green. The quality of the egg depends on if you get the egg from a grocery store that has mass produced eggs or from a farmer that lets the eggs run freely.
The reason you see more white eggs in the stores is because the mass producers will normally use the Leghorn chicken one of the best egg producers it is also a smaller chicken and not as often used as a eating chicken.
The only difference between a white egg and the brown egg is the color of the shell, which is determined by the genetics of the hen that laid it. There is no nutritional difference between brown and white eggs.
It depends on the color of the chicken that laid the egg. There is no difference in taste or quality or health benefits
it is also said that the brown egg has a slightly harder outer shell
chickens with dark brown or black feathers like Barred-Rock Hens lay brown or off colored eggs, white chicken breeds generally produce bright white eggs. just learned it like a week ago from my grandma and grandpa because they own a dozen or so egg producing hens...essentially the eggs are the same thing and they taste the same too
The color of the egg makes absolutely no difference in the hardness of the eggshell.
The age and nutritional health of the chicken is what matters. The colour of the shell is just a very thin coating of bile on an otherwise white eggshell. The younger the pullet the harder the shell.
nothing.
the only difference is the breed of chicken it came from.
the egg is still the same, it is just a different colour.
a brown egg is just farm fresh a white egg isn't
i believe the brown eggs have no hormones or antibiotics injected to them
The pigment in the very outer layers of the shell is the only difference.
white eggs come from a special type of chicken that is tatier
The feather color of a chicken does not affect the color of the eggs she lays. It is the breed of the hen that determines the egg color. A chicken that lays white eggs does not drop a brown egg every now and then either, a white egg layer will always lay white eggs. I have several white Araucana hens who lay Lavender colored eggs and a Black Cochin hen who lays light brown eggs (not black eggs)
There shouldn't be white IN the yolk of an egg. The white should surround the yolk within the egg shell. The yolk (yellow bit) is what transforms to become a chick in a fertile egg. The white (albumen) is what the developing embryo feeds on.
No. You cannot tell the color of eggs the chicken will lay by the color of their feathers. I have green egg laying chickens called Araucana's and they are not green chickens. Brown feathered hens lay both white and brown eggs as do white hens. Feather color is not an indicator of egg color, breed determines the color of the egg.
Yes. the brown ones are brown. The white ones are white.
White eggs come from white Chickens. Brown eggs come from brown chickens.
White and Brown.
Because there are brown & white chickens.
genetics
white eggs come from a special type of chicken that is tatier
food
It depends on the breed of the chicken. It is a genetic trait. A rule of thumb is to look at the earlobe of the chicken, and that is roughly what the eggs will look like. The White Leghorn breed lays most of the white eggs. The brown eggs come from the Rhode Island Red, the New Hampshire and the Plymouth Rock. The reason brown eggs cost more is because the hens are a little bigger and tend to need more care. Plus there is the urban legend saying they are healthier, so naturally, stores will charge more since more people want them. Brown eggs are not any healthier than white eggs. Egg colors are not limited to white and brown. There are also blue and speckled eggs, though they are hard to find in stores. Those come from the Aracuna breed.
cream , brown , white and sometimes blue
you can't tell the color of eggs by the color of a chicken's tail. with the exception of auracanas and americaunas (they lay green-blue eggs) you tell by the color of a chicken's earlobe. if it is white it lays white eggs...if it is red it lays a shade of brown eggs.
earlobe color determines the color of eggs if they are red then the eggs will be brown
The feather color of a chicken does not affect the color of the eggs she lays. It is the breed of the hen that determines the egg color. A chicken that lays white eggs does not drop a brown egg every now and then either, a white egg layer will always lay white eggs. I have several white Araucana hens who lay Lavender colored eggs and a Black Cochin hen who lays light brown eggs (not black eggs)
The White Leghorn, or one of its many crosses, will normally come from a white egg, but that doesn't mean white chickens only come from white eggs, nor that white eggs only produce white chicks. White Silkies come from beige or pink eggs. White Easter Eggers might come from blue, green, pink or dark brown eggs. I've had several white, bearded chickens come from olive colored eggs. The original color of a chicken egg is blue. Naturally occurring genetic mutation has eliminated the blue color (white egg) or added brown (green, beige, pinks, chocolate, speckled, brown). It's just the color of the shell and generally has no connection with the coloration of the bird other than some breeds consistently lay a certain color of egg - again back to genetics.