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Sage, check out the links I sent under the subject "Egg color"

Brown tinted chalk? I'm almost scared to wonder how that would work!


Bev

eureka AT hctc.net wrote:
> I recently read where they are now feeding chickens brown 
> tinted chalk and that makes a white egg chicken lay brown 
> eggs. This was due to the fact people believe the brown 
> ones are more wholesome and better for you. The quality of 
> the egg should have nothing to do with the egg's color, 
> but how the hen is raised and what she feeds on. Because 
> the standard factory bred hen lays white eggs, people just 
> assume the other colors are not from factories.--Sage
>
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:30:56 -0800 (PST)
>   bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I just bought some brown eggs at the grocery, this week. 
> > I have never seen them in the market , before.  They 
> > were considerably cheaper than the regular white eggs?  I 
> > use to buy from a local man with backyard chickens.  he 
> > had brown, blue & white eggs.  His eggs were smaller than 
> > market eggs, but they free ranged in his yard and garden 
> > and were supplemented with organic chicken food.  I lost 
> > touch with him.  I can't have chickens.  My dog kills 
> > even slow pigeons.
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound egg
> > > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 11:15 AM
> > > The breed of the chicken does determine the color of the
> > > egg, but it starts out white and is colored along its 
> > > path
> > > out of the bird. What is interesting is you can 
> > > generally
> > > tell what color egg a breed will lay by the color of 
> > > their
> > > ear patch, if you don't know your breeds, or have mixed
> > > breed chickens. Our Ameraucanas lay in an assortment of 
> > > blue
> > > green, from robins egg blue to army green, the Polish 
> > > lay
> > > white eggs that are very pointy, and the Brahmas lay 
> > > brown,
> > > the Faverole tan, etc.
> > >
> > > --Sage
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:24:57 -0800 (PST)
> > >  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > No; I didn't know that, either.  I suppose the
> > > ethos of chickens would therefore be centered upon
> > > pre-determination, rather than free will.  I'm still
> > > curious to what sage said about what causes chicken eggs 
> > > to
> > > color.  I assumed it was the breed of the chicken.  I 
> > > guess
> > > I was wrong......bobford
> > > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, Gene GeRue
> > > <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> > > > > From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Local chicken - 1/4 pound
> > > egg
> > > > > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com,
> > > homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > > > Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 6:35 AM
> > > > > On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:29 PM, bob ford wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > 'I'll be'.  Yours looks like it
> > > could
> > > > > easily be 1/4 ib. also.  Your blog pic said that
> > > all eggs
> > > > > start out white and change colors being delivered.
> > >  How does
> > > > > that explain "blue" or "brown"
> > > eggs. What causes the color?
> > > > > Egg talk is fun. Did you know that the nucleus of
> > > every egg
> > > > > a hen will ever lay is within her when she emerges
> > > from the
> > > > > shell?
> > > >
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