There must be chickens elsewhere on that island where non-tourists get eggs-two-fifty an egg is robbery unless it is filled with caviar-a dozen fresh-today ones from one of the neighbors costs me a fresh baked loaf of wholegrain or baguette of French bread, or a medium sized plastic bowl full of fresh-picked 2-to-three-inch okra. Free-range brown eggs at the grocery store 20 miles away are $1.50-$1.75 per dozen, depending on the season...
That was $2.50 served hard boiled in an eatery. Not for a raw egg.
Feed doesn’t affect a hen’s egg color. It just is. The “easter egger “chickens I have have been bred to make green or blue eggs.
The reds make brown eggs. The leghorns make white eggs.
That’s a good deal. They charge $5/dozen for brown eggs around here. My two lay medium brown and pinkish brown eggs. We’re planning to go get 2 pullets tomorrow afternoon.