Why are eggs white in the USA and brown in the UK?

Answer 1

Because it depends on the breed and species of the bird!

Answer 2

Eggs in the UK used to be almost all white, it was rare to see a brown egg when I was a child, 30 yrs ago. But then brown eggs became "trendy" - were somehow seen as healthier, even though they aren't. So eggs are made brown now, by adding stuff to the chickens feed. They can also make the yolk any shade from pale yellow to deep orange. Obviously some eggs will naturally be brown, but most are made that way now, on purpose.

I just assume the same craze for brown eggs never happened in the US *shrugs*

Answer 3

Well i live in Asia and we have both in the same supermarket. The only difference between white & brown eggs if the kind of chicken (meaning the breed of chicken), so it might be a matter of coincidence that a supermarket in usa have only white eggs & another in UK have brown ones since chickens as such don't have a nationality

Answer 4

White eggs come from white chickens. They were selected because they make more eggs for their size and amount of feed
Brown eggs come from brown chickens Rhode isaland reds. Little red hens. We have a red hen, she is friendly and lays an egg every day. The brown egg has a thin shell and a firmer darker yolk.
The whit egg layers are selected to have thisk strong shells so they don't break easily.
I was a farmer before the corporations took over

Answer 5

Egg shell colour is caused by pigment deposition during egg formation in the oviduct and can vary according to breed, from the more common white or brown to pink or speckled blue-green. Although there is no significant link between shell colour and nutritional value, there is often a cultural preference for one colour over another. For example, in most regions of the United States, eggs are generally white; while in the northeast of that country and in the United Kingdom, eggs are generally light-brown

Answer 6

You can buy brown eggs, in the United States. They are more expensive, but have a rich quality about them. Hard to explain. Try some.
Only certain breeds of chickens lay the brown eggs. Several do.

Answer 7

Different breeds of chickens produce different colors of eggs. Chicken eggs used to all be brown. When lighter eggs showed up in some cases, this trait was preferred and bred for.
I used to have araucuna chickens and some mixed breed.....The araucunas laid greenish or bluish eggs. I would also get some light brown, pinkish, even speckledy-types.
The colors of the yolks, however, ARE determined by what you feed them. My chickens were free-range birds, so they had accesss to bugs, grass, dirt and other farm animal feeds. Their yolks were bright orangish-yellow......made store-eggs look anemic!

Answer 8

It's just cultural preference - the English prefer brown eggs (maybe because they look healthier, I don't know...) and expect eggs to be brown and the Americans prefer theirs white (generally). This affects which breed of chicken is used.

Answer 9

Different breeds of chickens lay different color eggs. I have even seen some here in the USA that have a green tint. They come from some exotic breed - can't think of the name. If you look at bird eggs, they vary a LOT by different species. Chickens are no different. It makes no difference what they are fed as to the color of their eggs! It is strictly the breed!!

Answer 10

Eggs in the US are not all white. Certain breeds of chickens produce brown eggs; certain breeds produce white eggs. Period. Egg color has nothing to do with what the chickens are fed, or if they are free range. It is the breed.

Answer 11

This depends on what the chicken has been fed.These chickens have been fed a high protien food and kept up in a cage to keep them from moving around much .A chicken that will produce a brown egg is fed different kinds of food and run around more freely like the chicken we would raise on our farm.