# chicken eggs

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-eggs/110979 "2002-05-27T00:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![littlenip24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@littlenip24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littlenip24)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-eggs/110979/1 "2002-05-27T00:25:47Z")

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why are some chicken eggs white and some are brown, they are in the same chicken house and are fed the same food. so what make some white and some brown.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-eggs/110979/2 "2002-05-27T00:30:26Z")

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Mainly due to different breeds.  
No difference in nutritional value.

[http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000523.html](http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000523.html)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-eggs/110979/3 "2002-05-27T00:38:13Z")

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Eggactly what you’re looking for:

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> It is a matter of genes. Some breeds of hen such as the Rhode Island Red lay brown eggs, while others, like the White Leghorn, lay white eggs.

From [http://www.canadaegg.ca/english/educat/farm.html](http://www.canadaegg.ca/english/educat/farm.html)