White eggs!

I have seen a lot of white eggs down Tesco. I don’t know if they’re any different, but I go for the brown ones. 🤷‍♀️

It’s so mad, but I just don’t ever buy white eggs I like brown ones! Silly really as they probably all taste very similar!

It doesn't sound unusual to me. In fact, I think that years ago you would be surprised to find brown eggs in the box.

I think it depends on the breed of hen. I get eggs from a friend who has hens and the colours range from white to green... She has a mix of breeds.

Nutritionally brown and white eggs are the same. Shell colour depends on feed I think. Way back in time (!) eggs were usually white and brown eggs cost more hence the feeling that they were premium and therefore superior. We get free range eggs from a local business and they are usually brown but today we got white ones

Some Waitrose eggs, for sometime have white shells. When one of our sons was staying with us overnight and was making himself some scrambled eggs the next day, he told me he didn't like the appearance of them fgs! they taste the same I remember shells being white when I was a child. When we bought eggs in the US the shells were white, I don't know if they still are. I'm like you Cossy, I prefer brown shells, somehow I perceive them to be healthier which is no doubt complete rubbish.

I remember as a child in my grandparents farmhouse in Ireland with my siblings and cousins waiting for our boiled eggs to cook. All cooking was done in a large open fire. As the children were watching the large pot of eggs simmering on the turf fire a dispute started over who was going to have the brown eggs. The eggs were a variety of shades through from white to brown and all from their own hens.

My Gran soon settled the argument. There was a large teapot of very strong tea hanging on an hook over the fire. She poured the black tea into the pot of eggs and all the shells were brown by the time they were cooked 😊

My Mum had bought some White Eggs from a Farm shop. My son was about 6 years at the time. He was getting something out of her fridge. He saw the white Eggs, with a serious face he went to my mum saying "I don't want to worry you Nanny, but all your Eggs have gone White"

I remember white eggs too and being told that brown ones were better for me.
The surprise was because I haven’t seen any white for ages, but I made scrambled eggs for lunch and they look exactly the same inside.

Egg colour is determined by the breed of hen.

The ones I bought this week were all white. Usually bthey are brown.
No difference in taste or nutrition.
Although brown eggs do seem to look better.

The difference between the eggs from really free range hens, like my friends hens,and commercially produced eggs is in the colour of the yolks. I did have to buy some eggs when her hens were off lay and their yolks were very pale in comparison. Whether or not it makes any difference to their nutritional value I have no idea.

White eggs are laid by mostly a strain of hens that are white and lighter weight than brown hens, because they are smaller they eat less. Most retail customers prefer brown eggs, most white eggs are sold to commercial users although even Waitrose stocks white eggs as the lowest cost line

I believe the colour of the egg shell is dependent on the variety of hen. I buy eggs that can be blue, brown, white or buff all from a local free range farmer and he told me they were all from different types of hen.

We had a mixture of breeds.

Our best layers of brown eggs where Rhode Island Reds.

Our girls where all free range and corn fed, they had the beautiful deep yellow yolks.

We've just had white eggs for lunch (egg sandwiches).
They were from Waitrose.

Yes, I do remember collecting the eggs for my Aunt when I was a child, they were mostly white then, as were the hens, which I think were Leghorns. Then we visited friends to buy more hens; they had Rhode Island Reds which laid brown eggs.

Our best layers of brown eggs where Rhode Island Reds.

Yes!

Grannynannywanny

I remember as a child in my grandparents farmhouse in Ireland with my siblings and cousins waiting for our boiled eggs to cook. All cooking was done in a large open fire. As the children were watching the large pot of eggs simmering on the turf fire a dispute started over who was going to have the brown eggs. The eggs were a variety of shades through from white to brown and all from their own hens.

My Gran soon settled the argument. There was a large teapot of very strong tea hanging on an hook over the fire. She poured the black tea into the pot of eggs and all the shells were brown by the time they were cooked 😊

That took me back!

On Easter Sunday we always had boiled eggs for breakfast. My mother used to boil them in separate pans with food colouring in the water.
Mine had cochineal added which made the shells pink 🙂

Sago

Egg colour is determined by the breed of hen.

Thia. Plus, the deepness of the yellow of the yolk is determined by what they are eating. The shells of certain beetles make for very yellow yolks.

The shells of white eggs we have had lately seem more brittle than the brown ones.

We have a local place which sells their own completely free range organic eggs. They used to be all brown, but they've recently acquired a whole flock of pullets - and their eggs are white! It's definitely a bit of a novelty around here, it seems.

Kate1949

The shells of white eggs we have had lately seem more brittle than the brown ones.

Probably from a breed suited to intensive production - start laying younger, perhaps, or lay more eggs per season.

My forty-something daughter was thrilled to see white eggs, 'because they are so different'!

I kept Marans many years ago. they laid beautiful brown eggs. Unfortunately, they only laid eggs for half the year and they weren't cheap to feed over the winter. Those were very expensive beautiful brown free range eggs

I just cannot buy 'White' eggs. sainsbury and m&s were full of them recently.
I know they are just the same inside but look horrible