Hy-line Browns, Golden Comets, ISA Browns, Cinnamon Queens and Brown Sex Links (all hybrids) lay mostly extra-large eggs. From heritage breeds, you can expect the largest eggs from Jersey Giants ...

Brown egg layers are generally a bigger, heavier bird, and they normally perform better in colder climates or during winter months. Some popular breeds are Rhode Island, Buff Orpingtons, Barred ...

Brown egg layers are generally a bigger, heavier weighing bird, and they normally perform better in colder climates or during winter months. Some popular breeds are Rhode Island, Buff Orpingtons ...

"Shell color comes from pigments in the outer layer of the shell and, in eggs from various commercial egg-laying chicken breeds, may range from white to deep brown," explains Marc Dresner ...

Brown egg-laying breeds: Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks, and Orpingtons lay brown eggs. Rhode Island Reds are known for their large brown eggs and are also raised for meat.

Despite that, brown eggs are more common in New England, where brown-laying breeds originated. They're also a more popular choice for free-range eggs, something that Klippen says is a marketing move.

The farm produces more than 200,000 white eggs a day. Some breeds such as White Leghorn chickens lay eggs with white shells while other breeds such as Rhode Island Reds lay eggs with brown ...