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Dead on the money, Steve.
When the Leghorn breed took over, it wasn't because of some inherent goodness of the white egg. It was strictly a matter of economics. Leghorn breeds are more efficient at converting feed into copious quantities of eggs. Plain and simple.
At that time there was a decided mistrust of the white egg, in fact, as brown had been the predominant color prior to that. It took a lot of marketing and advertising to get people to accept them. It would take a lot of effort to get them to shift away from them, now...effort that isn't worth the trouble
The same simple economics that gave rise to their predominance will keep them in play. Leghorn breeds simply are more efficient at feed conversion on a commercial scale, giving little reason to develop a brown egg Leghorn.
I suspect the white egg is to be with us for a long time to come.
Really??? All we would have to do is say that they are a whole lot more healthier than white eggs and had less fat in them...
I myself would like some EE because their eggs are so cool looking!
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I get excited when I get a white egg in the nest box, simply because I know it is from our only white egg laying chicken in our flock Little Girl. She is my favorite chicken in our flock.
Dead on the money, Steve.
When the Leghorn breed took over, it wasn't because of some inherent goodness of the white egg. It was strictly a matter of economics. Leghorn breeds are more efficient at converting feed into copious quantities of eggs. Plain and simple.
At that time there was a decided mistrust of the white egg, in fact, as brown had been the predominant color prior to that. It took a lot of marketing and advertising to get people to accept them. It would take a lot of effort to get them to shift away from them, now...effort that isn't worth the trouble
The same simple economics that gave rise to their predominance will keep them in play. Leghorn breeds simply are more efficient at feed conversion on a commercial scale, giving little reason to develop a brown egg Leghorn.
I suspect the white egg is to be with us for a long time to come.
Really??? All we would have to do is say that they are a whole lot more healthier than white eggs and had less fat in them...
I myself would like some EE because their eggs are so cool looking!
EDIT
I get excited when I get a white egg in the nest box, simply because I know it is from our only white egg laying chicken in our flock Little Girl. She is my favorite chicken in our flock.
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