How much do you know about eggs? It’s likely that most people don’t know much about their best breakfast food. Most people know that there are different ways to cook them. Sometimes they come cracked from the store, and you can hard-boil them to keep them fresh for longer. Sharman Hickman, who is in charge of community outreach and teaching for Hickman’s Family Farms, might be able to help you learn more about eggs.

That is, they might be able to help with the argument about why brown chicken eggs cost more than white chicken eggs. Chicken eggs come in different colors because of their genes, not because they are healthier. The mother chicken’s genes decide what color the eggshell will be and how much you will pay for them.

There are some color genes that some chicken breeds may have. All of this is based on genes. Jesse LaFlamme, CEO of Pete and Gerry’s Organic Eggs, says that a natural chemical covers the eggs during the egging process and can change the color of the shell. At first, it looks like every egg is white, but over time, the shells could turn dark, white, or even blue.

LaFlamme says that the color of their ear feathers can tell you what color the egg will be. Choose the Rhode Island red if you want brown eggs instead of white ones. The Leghorn chicken will give you white eggs. The Ameraucana chicken is a good place to start if you want to find a blue egg.It is said by Hickman that the Leghorn breed is more popular with farmers because they lay eggs better. When chickens of a certain breed lay colored eggs, they tend to be bigger and need more food and energy to do so. So, the eggs cost more at the store because the breed of chicken that lays brown eggs costs more to feed.

The media representative for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Malina Linkas Malkani, MS, RD, CDN, also talks about the nutritional make-up and how the shell color alone can tell you what it is. “It’s up to you to decide whether you like brown or white eggs,” she says. “But it’s important for people to know that the eggshell color has nothing to do with the egg’s quality, flavor, or shell thickness.

It has everything to do with the breed of the hen.”Malkani, the person who came up with the WholitarianTM Lifestyle, says that the egg’s nutritional value depends on what the hen that laid it ate. If you feed hens a food high in Omega-3s and vitamin D, the eggs they lay will have more of those nutrients.