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Why are my white chickens laying brown eggs ?
No a hen cannot change the basic color of her eggs. If she lays white, she lays white. If she lays brown, she lays brown. If she lays blue, she lays blue. If she lays green, she lays green. That’s genetic. The material for all those colors come from recycled dead red blood cells, so she...- Ridgerunner
- Post #20
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Why are my white chickens laying brown eggs ?
Isn’t it amazing how myth and mythology take hold and never go away? That's a real popular myth on this forum. There is no genetic link between ear lobe color and egg shell color, white, brown, blue, or green. A lot of chicken breeds do follow that which is probably where the myth started...- Ridgerunner
- Post #17
- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying