Our hens produce an assortment of egg colors because we chose a variety of hens with that outcome in mind. There are few things more beautiful in my opinion than a variety of eggs in a bowl ready to be eaten.
I was browsing the store the other day and found this company that sells two types of organic eggs -- one white and one brown. The brown is packaged in what is probably a higher-cost plastic egg carton. I could not resist but buy both. I paid about thirty cents more for the brown eggs.
When I got home I took this picture of the cartons and then cracked one egg from each carton into the same dish. Lo and behold, there was no difference in the yolk color.
It's the yolk color that matters, not the shell color.
Hens grazing freely on weeds and bugs will produce eggs with darker orange yolks. The Omega 3 eggs from hens fed flax or fish meal will also have darker yolks. The higher Omega 3 content will improve your Omega 3 levels.
Don't pay thirty cents more for brown eggs unless you really like the color. But you might consider spending a buck or so more on eggs that actually have more color in their yolk.
