brown eggs or white eggs?

[pixielou]

dh thinks i'm a freak since i only buy brown eggs. to the point where i won't buy eggs if the store is out of large brown eggs.

am i the only one?

~pixie

[Smillow]

About 2 years ago, I started buying eggs from people with chickens, and therefore the eggs are mostly brown. I live in an area with LOTS of large poultry operations and am pretty grossed out by the conditions they make the birds live in. I was getting them at farmers markets but lately I go right to the source. Hens with brown feathers lay brown eggs & hens with white feathers lay white eggs, or so I've heard.
I remember reading years ago that eating brown eggs encourages bio-diversity.

[JoyousAutumn]

I've never bought/eaten a brown chicken egg. Is there really no difference, because if so I'll buy brown because they're prettier.

[tlew12778]

Here in Italy they only sell brown eggs, so we only eat brown eggs. Back in the US I used to buy white. No idea why... probably bc my mom buys white eggs. But I can't tell the difference (I don't think there is one honestly).

Actually, now we only eat organic eggs (they're still brown since, like I said, they only sell brown here.)

[MLA]

I don't care what color my eggs are, as long as they're organic. Some organic brands are brown, and some are white. I don't think there's really a difference between brown and white eggs.

[justHB]

brown, white ... whatever. as long as it's cage free organic.

[kindermom]

I do not care either way. I try to get the cage free but if they are too expensive, or I am doing alot of baking, I will go withthe copped up chicken eggs.

[PinkMartini]

Brown/white, makes no difference to me... And the organic eggs seem to be WAY more than the 'regular' eggs around here :(

[Angelfish]

There really isn't a difference as far as nutrition goes. I buy either.

[Asha]

maybe, i have a psychological aversion to them, but i once tried them just for the heck of it, and i thought they tasted blechy.

[Camdynlyn]

I only buy white eggs. Maybe that's because that's what I grew up eating.

[maplekitty]

i usually only buy white eggs. For a little while I switched it up and bought brown eggs, but i found that usually one or two eggs in the carton would have "blood bits" in the yolk, and that just grossed me out. I switched back to the white eggs.

[BTB]

I also only buy white eggs. Nothing in particular against the brown eggs, except that they cost more.

[Sophia]

We tend to buy white eggs, but we have bought brown ones, so I marked Other.

[bookworm]

I don't buy them often (baking only), but when I do I buy brown. Because I am a total sucker for advertising...I can still hear "brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh."

[Mrs. M.]

I buy only organic and free-range. The color does not matter to me.

[Rico'sAlice]

I buy all my eggs from the farmer down the street. (Free range, organic) About 60% are brown, 25% white, and 15% are light blue or green.
I don't notice any difference regarding what is inside.

[KK812]

brown, white ... whatever. as long as it's cage free organic.


me, too. Usually I buy egglands best cage free organic, which are brown.

[jenjunum]

I only buy cage free eggs so at my grocery store that means brown eggs. I've heard one too many horror stories about chicken conditions to buy caged eggs even if they are half the price. I feel like I'm making some sort of "a difference" by doing that. I think I'll go back to buying them at the farmer's market though- it kind of creeps me out that they're unrefridgerated even though I know you don't *have* to refridgerate eggs.

Ok, I wrote that and then I googled my brand of eggs. It looks like they're the supermarket brand of free range eggs (Ralphs/Krogers) and it seems these chicken aren't that much better off than the caged chickens. Although it's hard to know who to believe in debates like this one. I think I'll definitely start buying from my farmer's market and try to start buying high quality meats also. See this article (http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=8214). I've looked at this (http://www.paidom.com/) mail order meat place in the past, I think I'm going to have to seriously consider purchasing my meat there.

[MLA]

I only buy cage free eggs so at my grocery store that means brown eggs. I've heard one too many horror stories about chicken conditions to buy caged eggs even if they are half the price. I feel like I'm making some sort of "a difference" by doing that. I think I'll go back to buying them at the farmer's market though- it kind of creeps me out that they're unrefridgerated even though I know you don't *have* to refridgerate eggs.

Ok, I wrote that and then I googled my brand of eggs. It looks like they're the supermarket brand of free range eggs (Ralphs/Krogers) and it seems these chicken aren't that much better off than the caged chickens. Although it's hard to know who to believe in debates like this one. I think I'll definitely start buying from my farmer's market and try to start buying high quality meats also. See this article (http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=8214). I've looked at this (http://www.paidom.com/) mail order meat place in the past, I think I'm going to have to seriously consider purchasing my meat there.

If you really want to be sure about the conditions of the chickens laying your eggs, then you need to buy organic. In the US, the organic label means not only that the chickens aren't fed antibiotics but that they are kept in more humane conditions as well.

[fuzzy]

I'm with the gals who buy which ever color, as long as its cage-free and organic.

[Photobug]

Several folks I work with keep chickens, so I buy from whoever's laying. White, brown, blue, green and lavendar - they're all good! If you're worried about freshness from a farmer's market, just fill a bowl or cup with water and gently place the egg in it. If it stays underwater, you're good to go. :) Also, a lot of organic eggs have yolks that are VERY bright yellow, sometimes even to a deep gold/orange - it freaks people out sometimes the first time they crack into one, but it just means the hens have been getting a good diet with lots of different nutrients - not just a grain mix.

[lawyerlee]

Actually, now we only eat organic eggs
Same here. I only buy local, organic eggs, and they happen to be brown at our co-op (it's probably that way everywhere, but I'm not sure). :)

[Maggie8202]

I'm with the gals who buy which ever color, as long as its cage-free and organic.
me too! DH also insists they taste better:rolleyes:

[BerBer]

brown, white ... whatever. as long as it's cage free organic.

ITA

Funny because when I lived in Italy(I was a nanny) and we went to the market I kept asking where the white eggs were and the guy thought I was super crazy. When I went back to the apartment and told my boss she thought I was crazy too and had NEVER seen white eggs or heard of them. Man, I felt like and idiot...:o especially after I was practially arguing with the guy trying to sell me the brown ones.

[artist]

I said brown eggs because they usually are organic eggs from free range chickens. (Unfortunately they also tend to cost more!)

[Aug2002Bride]

I live in an area with LOTS of large poultry operations


I live pretty close to one also in Virginia...I pretty much see the Tyson truck every day on Rt 360.

[miaclear]

I've never thought about this....I'm lucky if I remember to check the carton before I leave the store to make sure they're not cracked. I don't use eggs too often at home anyhow....but next time I think I'll look a little more closely at what I'm buying.

[ysolde]

Organic, cage free. Color irrelevant

[PG-rated]

I try to buy cage-free (I don't always have access to organic eggs, depending on where I shop), and then the cheapest cage-free version. Color is irrelevant.

[pocket]

i like brown eggs because it makes me happy to look at them soft boiled in egg cups in the mornings. that's the only reason!

[trestlegirl]

Organic and cage free for me too. Usually that means brown.

I'm totally jealous of the PPs who get pretty blue and green eggs! When I lived in England we got all different colors and I thought it was so cool!!

[SweetRed]

I do not discriminate based on the color of the skin ;) Usually the brown organic eggs are cheaper, so that's usually what I buy.

[Sposa06]

Organic, cage free. Color irrelevant

Exactly.

[BTB]

I think maybe you meant... eggs-actly? ;)

[Sposa06]

LOL! I love horrible puns, so I suppose I did! :D

[pocahontas]

I do not discriminate based on the color of the skin ;) Usually the brown organic eggs are cheaper, so that's usually what I buy.
Too funny my fellow Bostonian! ;) DITTO...funny that growing up in Massachusetts my mom ALWAYS bought brown eggs. Don't remember ever having white eggs in my house but the weird thing is when I moved away from home for college that's all I bought (white eggs) because that's all I really saw. Now that DH and I shop organic I'm going back to my roots I guess with brown eggs. lol

[Leia]

Back in the US I used to buy white. No idea why... probably bc my mom buys white eggs.

I read this thread last week and puzzled over my consistant egg choices (always white, large). I realized that I just buy what my mother always bought!

So today I happened to to be on my cell with my mother while shopping and when I was picking up my white eggs, I asked her why she only buys white eggs (without explaining my conclusion about her influence). And my mother said, without hesitation, that her mother didn't like brown eggs, so that's why she always buys the white.

I'm finding this all very amusing and can't wait to ask my grandma about it - especially because she actually had a farm with egg laying chickens when my mother was very young.