White or Brown: Eggshell colour is determined by the type of hen that lays it. There is no nutritional difference. ) r. F) _2 c/ L, u6 q9 N6 f, _White eggs are laid by white-feathered hens. 6 `* X O1 j* p# @These are the most common laying hens in Canada. White eggs are usually less expensive than brown eggs.! |% E1 }9 y% @* k& D A: {
Brown-feathered hens usually lay brown eggs. 1 x- k* z( x+ e @Producing brown eggs costs more because brown hens are larger than white ones and they eat more feed. 7 |4 v5 A. z& g/ l7 v ! e; w* Q" b7 `Young hens lay pee wee eggs and older hens lay jumbo eggs;. {; P6 y3 ~; q% f4 e. R( C
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Free-run eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs. . q9 d. W* X+ T& x' X! K 9 X% E7 I) G8 S! r7 A& \Organic eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs.# o7 H- \9 Z; B3 F
; F7 {1 u- o5 {9 s4 h! P* Y' O6 F/ cFree-range eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs./ P5 L1 H, z& G: h% V& r# _