What’s the obsession over egg shell color?

[nuthatched]

I don't think it is stupid to buy it for the pretty colors. I know it doesn't matter taste wise but it it looks so pretty it is worth some extra money.

Sorry, maybe "gullible" and "falling for the hype" would have been better words.
And $6 is the low end for the pretty eggs .

 

[MysteryChicken]

All eggs have a different taste depending on the birds diet. Never had an egg taste the same, except store bought eggs.

 

[natyvidal]

I think ohzark-biddies is correct! Marketing used to and still does that brown store eggs were farm originated and not mass produced like the w
”Some of the preference for one color over the other comes down to marketing, for instance over the years brown eggs have been marketed as more natural or more fresh by local producers who were competing with larger white egg producers.”

Personally, I have found that all my hens lay delicious, creamy, bright yolks eggs. I’ve also noticed that depending on the hen and what she eats the color of the yolks is different! When I’ve made an omelette using all Easter eggs I find the yolks are all different bright colors. From very dark yellow to very dark orange that borders on red.

When I noticed the difference I started observing the hens behaviors. Especially my Easter Eggers.
When I fed them in the morning some of them favored the rich nutritious mash I prepare for them every morning. Others would just peck a couple of time and would take of to free range to see what they could find. Some on the other hand stayed around wondering what other goodies I would give them and then free range. (I always have surprises for them.). And others wouldn’t care less about my snacks of mash. They would mostly prefer the feed and stayed around the run eating whatever leftovers they would find, bugs, feed and lay their eggs. With very little free range.
of course this is not very scientific, but this could mean that depending onwhat the hen prefers to eat will result in the intensity of color of the eggs. One thing was constant though; all the yolks were creamier, and tastier that the store bought, brown or whites!
PD: I also noticed the same difference in the yolks, in the brown eggs laid by the hens.

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

Just a guess on my end, brown shelled eggs are kinda "newer" in the mainstream, I think they started coming out around the same time that like better quality eggs (free range, grass fed etc) did, so I think people associate them? I think it might also be like "well they're brown so they're different and better"?

I mean you're right, a store bought egg is gonna taste like a store bought egg, all are trash in comparison to what you get from your own hens, why people are egg snobs between white n brown at stores I'm not sure, hopefully they taste a farm fresh egg one day though!

High producing hens often lay white eggs (such as leghorns) and due to that, companies often get those high-producers only for the fact they get more eggs for less feed. These companies often don't care about the hens' well being and only about gaining money from selling eggs. Therefore the eggs are often thin-shelled and watery. The yolks are a pale yellow from all the cheap corn they feed their hens, and the egg is altogether unappetizing. People then associate gross eggs with that shell color (which is completely false!) and try to avoid ever buying white eggs.

They buy the brown eggs just because they expect something different. They must be "fresher," or the yolks are "pure sunshine." First off, yolk color is decided by the chickens diet. Secondly, brown or multi-colored eggs DO NOT add or detract from the quality of the egg. It's all in how the chicken is cared for.

That's most likely why there is such an obsession over brown eggs (at least for the people who still have to buy eggs from the store )

 

[docteurshepherd]

No idea, but I'm very much on the let people enjoy things viewpoint. During a pandemic anyways we gotta cope somehow, and if it's obsessing over something as harmless as eggshell colors.. go for it.

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

No idea, but I'm very much on the let people enjoy things viewpoint. During a pandemic anyways we gotta cope somehow, and if it's obsessing over something as harmless as eggshell colors.. go for it.

Yeah! It doesn't hurt anybody, and if it brings them joy, let them do it! No need to be sour or rude, they enjoy it and that's reason enough why they can do it

 

[docteurshepherd]

Yeah! It doesn't hurt anybody, and if it brings them joy, let them do it! No need to be sour or rude, they enjoy it and that's reason enough why they can do it

Very true. I wasn't saying anybody was being rude by the way, I didn't read through all 19 pages lol but I sure hope noboy was. Just throwing that out there

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

Sorry, maybe "gullible" and "falling for the hype" would have been better words.
And $6 is the low end for the pretty eggs .

People enjoy it. Let them do what makes them happy. If it gives them some kind of joy, then there's no need to complain. Some people enjoy blowing out eggs. Blowing out only white eggs would get pretty boring after a while! There are so many reasons to buy multi-colored eggs, and it's not hurting anybody, so let them do them!

 

[docteurshepherd]

Sorry, maybe "gullible" and "falling for the hype" would have been better words.
And $6 is the low end for the pretty eggs .

oof

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Seeing blue or greens eggs makes me happy. Then the dark brown eggs like marans are drop dead gorgeous. Silkie eggs are so cute and dainty.