What is the difference between a brown chicken egg to a white chicken egg?

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Answer 1

From www.straightdope.com:

According to the Egg Nutrition Board (and who should know better?), "White shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and ear lobes. Brown shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes. There is no difference in taste or nutrition between white and brown eggs." The people at Crisco (who may know even more than the egg nutritionists) go further to say, "They simply come from two different breeds of chickens. Brown eggs, however, are more expensive because the chickens that lay them eat more than those that lay white eggs." Among the breeds that lay brown eggs are the Rhode Island Red, the New Hampshire and the Plymouth Rock--all larger birds that require more food.

But Bill Finch of the Mobile Register suggests that brown eggs may have tasted better at one time. He says, "For years, the chickens preferred by commercial growers happened to lay white eggs. A few smart cooks sought out brown eggs because most of the home-reared American flocks, which had access to flavor-enhancing weeds and bugs, happened to lay brown eggs. Commercial egg producers eventually got wise to this. They started raising chickens that laid brown eggs, and charged a premium for them at the store.

"But because the white AND brown grocery-store eggs are the result of the same bland commercial diet, their eggs taste exactly the same. Many people still apparently don't realize they've been duped at their own game."

Answer 2

There is no nutritional difference between a white and a brown egg but many people profess that there is a real difference in taste. The fact that brown eggs are preferred has been demonstrated by taste test.

Brown eggs are more expensive to produce due to higher feed costs with the much heavier brown chickens. A brown chicken weighs almost a full pound more each than a regular white leghorn hen.

there are also green eggs and they come from araconda chickens

Answer 3

Its only cause by the breed of the chicken. If you eat them,there are no difference. The white shell seems to be thinner.Where I live the white eggs are cheaper then the brown eggs. These are all the differences I know of between the white or brown eggs.

Answer 4

Chicken eggs do come in different colors depending on the breed. Even green and blue eggs are out there. White eggs came about through breeding. Sellers felt that white eggs were more appealing to the consumer. In the world, white eggs are rare. Commercialism in the US has generated the white egg for decades.Have a clucking great year.

Answer 5

The only difference between the eggs is what type of chicken (bird) laid them. Brown eggs come from brown hens and white eggs come from white chickens.

The nutritional value etc. is the same. All eggs are washed, sized, and quality checked before packing for retail.

Answer 6

pretty much just the color-- but what a chicken eats can make a difference in the quality of the egg--- organic, free range are more expensive or just free range (this way they get the bugs and stuff in their diets) the others are in hen houses and feed just the scratch feed (which contains poultry by products) pretty soon we will have mad chickens as well as cows!!!! I have had several chickens- and the prettiest egg came from an aracuana (easter egg chicken) they were green blue in color on the outside but regular on the inside- enjoy!!!

Answer 7

Up here in the northeast the saying goes "Brown Eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh" When I moved down south I went to buy brown eggs and the lady at the counter told me that that isn't the case down there.

Answer 8

The only difference is in the shell color. Some chicken genetics are set to white shells and some to brown. I have Americauna hens (Aracauna hybrid) & they lay blue/green shelled eggs. The same is true for those.

Answer 9

The color of the birds feathers determine the color of the eggs.

Answer 10

I heard that the color of the egg depends of the color of the birds feathers. Chickens with white feathers lay white eggs, chickens with brown/red feathers lay brown eggs.