Brown v white eggs?
ericajomckinney
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Are brown or white eggs healthier? What is the difference and benefit?
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No difference. No benefits.0
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They're the same nutritionally. If I remember correctly, white lobed chicken lay white eggs, while brown/red lobed chickens lay brown eggs.0
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lol ...a relative once said this to me ...and I told her it was no difference at all just down to the chickens
She couldn't be convinced
My RL reaction was not good
She didn't speak to me for a while after..which was nice0 -
lol ...a relative once said this to me ...and I told her it was no difference at all just down to the chickens
She couldn't be convinced
My RL reaction was not good
She didn't speak to me for a while after..which was nice
I don't know why this is making me laugh so hard . . . but I can't stop laughing.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »lol ...a relative once said this to me ...and I told her it was no difference at all just down to the chickens
She couldn't be convinced
My RL reaction was not good
She didn't speak to me for a while after..which was nice
I don't know why this is making me laugh so hard . . . but I can't stop laughing.
:bigsmile: she now sells that juice pill rubbish0 -
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Different breeds of hens = different color eggs. No difference but appearance. IMO backyard/free range eggs are superior in taste and quality (and I'm inclined to say nutritionally - vitamins, omegas - but I'm not qualified to make that claim) but there is no difference in calories.
@markrgeary1 Easter eggers and araucanas are two breeds that lay colored eggs - blue and/or green.
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Thank you.
We have raised our own for eggs and some meat. We always bought them based on other attributes; good layers? Able to stilll walk at 12 weeks(commercial meat birds)?
Low mortality rste? Aggressive? Last on the list was egg color.0 -
Wetcoaster wrote: »
"Chances are that brown eggs owe their superior health reputation to their inflated price tag. But as Caspero explains, brown eggs cost more than white eggs simply because they cost more to produce. Brown chickens are larger than their white cousins, so they eat more food, which in turn costs farmers more. And guess who pays for that? You.
Of course, this exception to the nutritional rule has its own exception. Exactly what those farmers feed their chickens, be they brown or white, influences their eggs' impact on your health. For instance, vegetarian-fed chickens aren't ever fed other chickens. (Gross, yes, and oddly reminiscent of Soylent Green, but it happens, Caspero says.) Meanwhile, organically raised, cage-free hens aren't fed anything that's been treated with antibiotics or pesticides and often have access to natural feed found in the great outdoors. The next time you're in the dairy aisle, don't judge an egg by its color—find out what the farmer fed the hen that laid it."0 -
Different breeds of hens = different color eggs. No difference but appearance. IMO backyard/free range eggs are superior in taste and quality (and I'm inclined to say nutritionally - vitamins, omegas - but I'm not qualified to make that claim) but there is no difference in calories.
Yep. Except that the term "free range* is pretty much meaningless when it comes to commercially produced eggs. The only requirement is access to the outside. It could be a concrete slab.
I so remember reading a study that showed a distinct nutritional difference between commercially produced eggs and pastured eggs. The latter had a much better nutritional profile. Which only stands to reason - a better diet will result in more nutritious eggs.
But if you really want a more flavorful and nutritious egg, get duck eggs.
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While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
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rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
Silkies are cool0 -
FunkyTobias wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
Silkies are cool
I want a few as a pet.
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ericajomckinney wrote: »Are brown or white eggs healthier? What is the difference and benefit?
Only difference is the breed of chicken laying the eggs. Brown, white, green, and blue chicken eggs are all the same.0 -
I would take any eggs produced by this beautiful blue laced red wyandotte (which lays tan colored eggs, not white and not brown):
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rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
I am not reminded
I am informed
And kind of enraptured
Fluffy0 -
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rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
I am not reminded
I am informed
And kind of enraptured
Fluffy
I used to breed silky bantams. At Easter I'd dye them different colours with food dye (not my pic but you get the idea):
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Omg want0
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They look like cotton candy........Alatariel75 wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
I am not reminded
I am informed
And kind of enraptured
Fluffy
I used to breed silky bantams. At Easter I'd dye them different colours with food dye (not my pic but you get the idea):
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Alatariel75 wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
I am not reminded
I am informed
And kind of enraptured
Fluffy
I used to breed silky bantams. At Easter I'd dye them different colours with food dye (not my pic but you get the idea):
I know you aren't harming them, i just wanted to say that it makes me insanely mad that people dye lil chicks for easter and give them as presents to kids. Then they dump them like a month later because a cute lil baby chick turns into a big *kitten* chicken.0 -
rainbowbow wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
I am not reminded
I am informed
And kind of enraptured
Fluffy
I used to breed silky bantams. At Easter I'd dye them different colours with food dye (not my pic but you get the idea):
I know you aren't harming them, i just wanted to say that it makes me insanely mad that people dye lil chicks for easter and give them as presents to kids. Then they dump them like a month later because a cute lil baby chick turns into a big *kitten* chicken.
I agree. Chicks and baby bunnies should NOT be given as Easter gifts unless you are prepared to raise them beyond the season.0 -
rainbowbow wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »rainbowbow wrote: »While we're talking about different breeds of chickens. I just wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that these exist.
And their meat looks like
I am not reminded
I am informed
And kind of enraptured
Fluffy
I used to breed silky bantams. At Easter I'd dye them different colours with food dye (not my pic but you get the idea):
I know you aren't harming them, i just wanted to say that it makes me insanely mad that people dye lil chicks for easter and give them as presents to kids. Then they dump them like a month later because a cute lil baby chick turns into a big *kitten* chicken.
Completely agree. We ended up with half our chickens from people who got chickens then realised they would grow up and poop everywhere, or from the biology class at the local high school, who cared for chicks for 2 weeks then never knew what the hell to do with them. We were like the local chicken rescue. I only dyed the adults for the Easter show 0 -
Sooooo fluffy!!0
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Thanks for all the responses. Very interesting! I always wondered about this. I know some people who refuse brown eggs and I know people who refuse white eggs. Lol oh well a egg is a egg apparently.0
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ericajomckinney wrote: »Thanks for all the responses. Very interesting! I always wondered about this. I know some people who refuse brown eggs and I know people who refuse white eggs. Lol oh well a egg is a egg apparently.
yep
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Cracks me up how so many people assume that if something's brown it must be healthier than the white version.
In for silky chickens.
And when I get out of this suburb, I totally want to keep my own chickens.0 -
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