The color of eggs is simply indicative of the breed of hen it comes from. In commercial egg production, eggs with a white shell typically come from a Leghorn chicken. These are a good chicken for ...

Depending on its genetics and breed, eggshell color is unique to each hen. The color of the shell doesn’t change the nutrients, just how it appears. During their entire life, hens will not ...

Easter is on April 20th and many will be celebrating with traditional activities like dyeing eggs. Instead of buying a dyeing ...

Here’s a quick guide to different colored chicken eggs that will give you a rainbow of egg colors in your coop. Part of the charm of raising chickens lies in the surprise of what color eggs each ...

Brown and white eggs have virtually identical nutritional content, determined more by the hen's diet than the eggshell color. Pasture-raised or nutrient-enriched diets enhance the nutrition of ...

Aa Aa Aa Evolutionary processes have generated diverse color patterns of avian feathers, skin patches, and egg shells, which perform countless functions, including mimicry, crypsis, prey detection ...

Forest Grove, Oregon Cassie, a deeper color of yolk simply means that the hen had a diet high in “carotenoids.” The hen may have had a varied diet but specifically one that was rich in yellow corn and ...