White or Brown: Eggshell colour is determined by the type of hen that lays it. There is no nutritional difference.8 |& M% Z! Z7 v6 k" u) }
White eggs are laid by white-feathered hens.# }8 `% u+ S3 h9 }/ P2 r
These are the most common laying hens in Canada. White eggs are usually less expensive than brown eggs.- P; Z" S0 ]! A* o3 j
Brown-feathered hens usually lay brown eggs." M7 f( o$ Z7 W% T* t( l
Producing brown eggs costs more because brown hens are larger than white ones and they eat more feed.$ I7 C% w- J9 G: Q- z5 E- X a
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Young hens lay pee wee eggs and older hens lay jumbo eggs; 6 W! L( E2 z h! Q3 U * M: Z; m% u! y# s4 q& \Free-run eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs. + m0 M3 N5 ]7 r# G. Q. }& c! X; Z5 ^) X0 z( l b
Organic eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs.# r/ a* J7 Z' J: m
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Free-range eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs. " M8 K8 {; |2 U1 |) [% \; ^1 r) y) C+ X" K, ~ A: `
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