Imagine the thrill of checking your nesting boxes daily and discovering a vibrant variety of chicken eggs in various colors.

There are a lot of possibilities when it comes to egg yolk color. “Egg yolk color can range anywhere from almost white to a blood-red color,” says Richard Blatchford, PhD, a poultry researcher ...

The answer is quite simple — egg color depends on the breed of the chicken. For example, White Leghorn chickens lay white-shelled eggs, while Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds lay brown ...

Healthy or not, people hold strong preferences for what color their eggs should be. Some countries primarily eat brown eggs; for others, it’s white eggs. In the U.S., one study found that 30 ...