who lays white eggs?

[RoyalHillsLLC]

I am sure I could find it somewhere here, but my daughter asked me if we could get a chicken that lays big white eggs like the ones in the store. What breeds can I look at? I free range and don't want just some broiler house hens. I want breeds better adapted than that. What are some thoughts on that subject? I have a couple white bantams that lay brown eggs, Aracaunas that lay green eggs, now she wants some white eggs to go with them.

 

[Motherhenandflock]

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

Take a look at this page. It lists plenty of breeds, color of eggs, amount of eggs, lots more info.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Most of your Mediterannean breeds, like Leghorns and Anconas.

 

[gc tiger]

Mcmurray Hatchery is a great source of information for which chicks lay white eggs. Just google it and the website will pop up.

 

[Southern28Chick]

I have a leghorn breed called Ideal 236 that Ideal hatchery "invented". They are supposed to lay large white eggs (mine are not at laying age yet). They are the sweetest breed of chickens that I have.

https://secuservices.com/ideal/newideal/Products.aspx?Category=Leghorns

Scroll down to Ideal 236

 

[bigzio]

yep, I agree to go to www.mcmurrayhatchery.com and click at the top center of day old chicks, then click on each breed to discover everything new that you didn't know.

bigzio

 

[CtlisencedArborist]

Dont think mccmurrys has anything for sexlinks?Didnt see anything....might b wrong.

 

[bigzio]

yep, they have red star and black star...

bigzio

 

[Frozen Feathers]

MM calls their sex-links Black Stars and Red Stars. I love my MM Black Stars!

Anyway, a good rule of thumb, white earlobes=white eggs, red earlobes=brown eggs, applies to most breeds, and actually can't think of any it doesn't apply to right now(except for tinted egg layers).

 

[CtlisencedArborist]

OMG!I learned something new about my babys!I am truly in love with BigBlackmomma!Black star she is?Id quess so.