How are Brown Eggs Healthier Than White Eggs and Which Chicken Lays Blue, Green and Spotted Eggs?

Brown eggs being healthier than white eggs is a stupid myth that started because people assumed that brown foods like breads, sugar, flours are healthier than white ones.

brown eggs are not better than white eggs

In fact, the fictional James Bond would only eat one type of egg, the one from the Helsumer chicken.

Its egg is a dark, chocolaty brown, sometimes described as deep red.

They’re considered a delicacy and aren’t easy to find.

The color of a chicken egg is determined not by diet or good country living but by chicken ethnicity.

Chickens with brown feathers and brown earlobes lay brown eggs. Chickens with white feathers and white earlobes lay white ones.

That’s the most common variation. However, some types of chickens lay spotted eggs, while still others, like the Araucana and the Ameraucanas, lay blue or green eggs.

The earlobe rule doesn’t apply here.

Ethnic Yolks.