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these brown eggs ....
ushere wrote:
John Savage wrote: I've been puzzled by the uniformly-toned eggs we buy from the supermarket, and am left wondering whether these are the product of brown/black hens, or are the product of white hens but dipped in a brown dye bath to satisfy 'changing consumer demands'. The eggs, not the hens. :-) To assist in solving this, I'd like to hear from people who raise their own chooks: after you empty the shell and peel off its translucent white membraneous liner, is the revealed inside surface of the shell the same brown tone as the outside, or is it white even when the shell's outside is brown? -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) we have our own chooks - but i'm reliably informed by some breeders around here the shell colour is pretty much dependant on the feed.... just avoid the ones that glow in the dark ;-} From this website, information as I wrote previously. I do believe that some feed is now available to colour them differently. So the other answer is also right in a way.. http://www.eggs.ab.ca/egg_industry/farm1.htm Why are some eggs brown and some white? It is a matter of genes. Some breeds of hen such as the Rhode Island Red lay brown eggs, while others, like the White Leghorn, lay white eggs. Brown or white, there is no difference in nutritional value or cooking performance. |
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