The real reason brown eggs are more expensive than white eggs

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We still have no idea, but we owe it to ourselves to learn as much as we can about where our food comes from.

That's why we talked to experts who addressed a number of theories about the difference between brown vs. white eggs, including the nutritional difference between them, and how a chicken’s earlobes can determine the price of your eggs. (Seriously.) Not to mention, we found out what happens to hens when they stop laying eggs.

Get ready to learn everything you never realized you wanted to know about chickens and eggs.

XO,
Kristen

What's the real difference between brown and white eggs?

Most people think all white-feathered chickens lay white eggs, and all brown-feathered chickens lay brown eggs. They're wrong.
The color of a hen's earlobes is a better indicator of what color eggs she'll produce. (Yes, hens have earlobes.) Generally, white earlobes indicate white eggs, and red or brown earlobes indicate brown eggs.
How does an egg get its color, anyway? All eggs start out as white, and the brown color is deposited on the shell in the final stage of reproduction, almost like it's been painted on.
Here’s why brown eggs are more expensive: Hens that lay brown eggs need more nutrients and energy in their body to produce the eggs, so it costs more to feed those hens. Cha-ching!
There’s no nutritional difference between comparable white and brown eggs. There's a widespread misconception that brown eggs are healthier or that they're always organic, but that is falsely assumed because of their higher price point.

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Well, this is awkward: 12 sheet pan chicken dinners for anyone who hates cleanup

Let's be real: We just talked about chickens who lay the eggs we eat, and now we're talking about eating chickens. But that's the circle of omnivorous life. So we rounded up 12 of the simplest, most satisfying sheet pan chicken recipes we could find.
When you make a sheet pan dinner, you toss all the ingredients on a sheet pan and whack it in the oven, where all the sizzling, popping, spraying and mess-making splatters happen behind closed doors. And since the entire recipe is cooked in one pan, you have less to clean up afterward. Score!

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