Eggs,

[Toddy]

I remember that as a child hens' eggs were always white. Brown eggs became popular when I was in my teens, let's say from around the early to mid 1980s.

Mine too, we used to blow them and paint them with miniature scenes for Easter.
I do like the brown/ multicoloured ones these days.....like wholemeal bread,it's supposed to be less processed, more than empty calories bleached to sterility, so better for us.
I know that's utterly subjective though.

 

[Silverclaws2]

Dunno about anybody else's experience but having used the white shelled eggs I got the sense that the white shells were either thinner or not that well put together in that they appear easier to break.

As regards the colour of the shells I hope someone can clear something up for me for I heard white shelled eggs came from white hens whereas brown shelled eggs came from brown hens - is there any truth in this ?

 

[Pattree]

Nope.



The darkest brown eggs that I know come from Cuckoo Marans, they are barred in two shades of grey.



This hen lays blue eggs.

 

[Tengu]

As a child, we got our eggs from the farm up the road; muddy, scruffy, plucked birds (but very free range) They gave mostly white eggs (with the odd brown)

All Rhode Island Reds.

 

[Toddy]

Dunno about anybody else's experience but having used the white shelled eggs I got the sense that the white shells were either thinner or not that well put together in that they appear easier to break.

As regards the colour of the shells I hope someone can clear something up for me for I heard white shelled eggs came from white hens whereas brown shelled eggs came from brown hens - is there any truth in this ?

Normally our eggs are brown, but we did get some white ones a month ago, and the shells were incredibly fragile in comparison. I felt sorry for the hens to be honest.