White hens will lay white eggs, whereas brown or red hens lay brown eggs. An egg laid by any hen starts out white — just crack a brown egg open, and you'll see that the inner shell is white (if ...

If you've ever flipped a few egg carton lids open at the grocery store and wondered about the virtues of brown eggs vs. white eggs, you aren't alone. The differences and similarities feel like a ...

Most of the brown eggs in the U.S. are produced by a type of chicken breed called Rhode Island Red or Plymouth Rock, while many of the white eggs are made by White Leghorn chickens, he says ...

Brown eggs are often marketed as more “natural” or “organic,” though this is more about perception than fact. Some people prefer them because they associate brown eggs with local farms or small-scale ...