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Jonno[_1_] · 22-10-2006, 05:49 AM posted to aus.gardens

Farm1 wrote:
"Jonno" wrote in

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?

These are the result of cross bred hens. The uniform size is caused

by

their grading process and the colours are probably graded that way

too.

But never fear nothing is wasted and all the egs not conforming get

used

in other ways. But it causes a major waste in resources in labour to

do

this. Supermarkets making the demand as a rule.

Re dyeing eggs, Dont think its necessary, but could be done I

suppose,

but creates another process which I think they would rather avoid.

Its

cheaper to just grade them.

I grew up on a poultry farm and I agree with everything Jonno has
written.

So Do I
Jonno (Grin!)

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