Quote from Better Homes & Gardens

[kbarrett]

I was browsing through the new issue of Better Homes & Gardens this AM waiting on Grandpa to finish his breakfast and I read an article on eggs. There were descriptions on Organic, Cage Free and so on, then at the bottom it mentioned shell color. The author wrote there is no nutritional difference and that the kind of hen determines shell color.
QUOTE....."Hens with white feathers lay white eggs and hens with red feathers lay brown eggs." It also mentioned that the "red feathered" hens tend to be larger and eat more hence brown eggs are more expensive.

Maybe the author thought there are two kinds of chickens white leghorns and RIR's?

 

[Goose and Fig]

They must have gotten their information from the same place the Today show did!

Another thing I don't get- why are organic & free-range eggs more expensive? When my birds are free-ranging they hardly touch their crumbles! I might fill it once every week or two. The same thing with grass-fed beef. It doesn't make any sense!

 

[SillyChicken]

maybe it's because they require more outside space, and good fencing (which we know isn't cheap) could be their vetting costs more as well, more exposure to parasites and preditors etc.. .. or they just charge more, cause they can.

 

[rileysgranny]

I heard the same comment on the Today Show and just laughed. My DH was like "WHAT?"

I think "they" charge more for "free range" 'cause they can. Anything to make an extra buck! I'm so glad I don't have to buy my eggs anymore.

 

[Whispering Winds]

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That is what I think too. . .I also get peeved over Petite clothing that are the same price as Average, but Talls are always higher. No sense.

 

[PeeperKeeper]

This is too funny!
I have a white hen that lays a brown egg.....white rock.
And a brown hen that lays a white egg....brown leghorn.
And you wonder about those in charge of informing us with up-to-date and in the know news!

 

[flakey chick]

I think the statements about white and brown egg layers probably hold for the breeds used as battery hens- not a lot of variety there.

Free range eggs cost more because they are more expensive to produce. Seriously chicken feed is the smallest of my expenses (not counting "treats"). Housing is the most expensive.

 

[hoosier]

I read an article in the paper with the same info. Their source was the National Egg Council as I recall. I sent them an email, but never heard back from them. . . I couldn't believe that a national council was putting out such info.