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IMO, Browns taste much better than white ...
Polished|1376296737|3501229 said:I don't know - I never eat white ones.
Enerchi|1376310549|3501284 said:I can not tell any difference between the two colours of eggs by taste ... but then my DH says I'm like our labs... I'll eat practically anything if its put on my plate!!
Humph --- not sure if I like that comparison!
ericad|1376323254|3501404 said:As your resident poultry nerd (I have 19 chickens at the moment), I can tell you that there's no difference between eggs of different colors, all else being equal (meaning that if a brown layer and a white layer are raised side by side, in exactly the same conditions, the eggs should taste the same as long as both chickens come from healthy, high quality stock). The shell colors vary depending on breed of chicken (even blue, green, pink, chocolate brown and olive colored eggs, to name a few), but the inside is the same.
For those who prefer the taste of brown eggs, it's possible that the brown eggs you're buying are from chickens who have been raised differently that those who produced the white eggs. Things like diet, foraging, space, level of physical activity, access to daylight/outdoors, etc. will all affect how the eggs taste, and this will vary from brand to brand and farm to farm. The best tasting eggs will come from chickens who are fed the best possible feed (we choose a locally milled organic, soy free, non-GMO certfied layer feed - yes, I'm an egg snob), and who spend a considerable amount of time free ranging (or have lots of space within a large fenced run.) The yolks will be orange and the eggs will be delicious!
Here's a pic of the different colors of eggs we currently get at home. I LOVE having chickens!
ericad|1376323254|3501404 said:As your resident poultry nerd (I have 19 chickens at the moment), I can tell you that there's no difference between eggs of different colors, all else being equal (meaning that if a brown layer and a white layer are raised side by side, in exactly the same conditions, the eggs should taste the same as long as both chickens come from healthy, high quality stock). The shell colors vary depending on breed of chicken (even blue, green, pink, chocolate brown and olive colored eggs, to name a few), but the inside is the same.
For those who prefer the taste of brown eggs, it's possible that the brown eggs you're buying are from chickens who have been raised differently that those who produced the white eggs. Things like diet, foraging, space, level of physical activity, access to daylight/outdoors, etc. will all affect how the eggs taste, and this will vary from brand to brand and farm to farm. The best tasting eggs will come from chickens who are fed the best possible feed (we choose a locally milled organic, soy free, non-GMO certfied layer feed - yes, I'm an egg snob), and who spend a considerable amount of time free ranging (or have lots of space within a large fenced run.) The yolks will be orange and the eggs will be delicious!
Here's a pic of the different colors of eggs we currently get at home. I LOVE having chickens!