We’ve all heard of the goose that laid the golden egg, but what about chickens that lay pink eggs? Chicken eggs come in many shades of white, cream, dark brown, green, blue, and pink. What turns ...

For example, as hens that lay brown eggs age, they tend to lay larger and lighter-colored eggs. The hen’s environment, diet, and level of stress may also affect shell color to some extent ( 4 ).

Genetics is the simple answer. Some chickens lay white shell eggs and some lay brown shell eggs, similar to the way hair color varies in people. Shell color is not associated with the internal ...

Brown egg-laying breeds: Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks, and Orpingtons lay brown eggs. ... while pasture-raised hens lay eggs with more vitamin A and E and richer yolks.

Bad Cholesterol: If you decide to add more eggs to your diet, remember that for a few people, eating eggs is problematic. In a recent study reported in the Journal of the American Dietetic ...

If you’ve ever wondered why some eggs at the grocery store are white and some are light brown, there’s a very simple reason: Generally, hens with white-colored feathers lay white eggs, and ...

Contrastingly, hens that lay brown eggs, such as White Plymouth Rocks, are generally larger and more difficult to incorporate into existing commercial laying infrastructure.

“For chickens that lay brown eggs, a pigment protein called protoporphyrin is added as the eggshell is built, thus adding the brown coloration,” says James K. Yarborough, extension agent of ...