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To: SampleMan

“The color of shell is a factor of diet. You can change the color by changing the diet.”

The color of chicken eggs is genetically determined. You may get slight changes by changing the diet. A white egg may be off-white but will never be brown; and brown, blue and green eggs will always be shades of those colors.


27 posted on 05/04/2008 6:11:41 AM PDT by RouxStir ( No Peein' Allowed in the Gene Pool)
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To: RouxStir
"The color of chicken eggs is genetically determined. You may get slight changes by changing the diet. A white egg may be off-white but will never be brown; and brown, blue and green eggs will always be shades of those colors."

What really is affected by diet is the color of the yolk.

From chickens with a grain only diet, the yolks are yellow.

Add some grass or other greens to the diet and the yolks become orange-yellow.

Add some insects and worms to the greens and the yolks will be a bright orange, regardless of the shell color.

70 posted on 05/04/2008 9:11:46 AM PDT by Hoof Hearted
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