We have to apologize for the time between the first post and this one. We have had lots of rain storms and it has made it hard to get eggs and pictures. These are just a few different eggs that we have. There are thousands of different kinds of chickens around the world! Their eggs tend to be similar to one another, but there are some that lay unique colors, shapes, or sizes. This is a Barred Rock egg. It's kind of brownish, but not very dark. These look a lot like the brown eggs you can find in grocery stores. This is a Bantam Cochin egg. "Bantam" is chicken for "miniature". So, a bantam cochin is a miniature cochin! Since the chicken is smaller, so is the egg. A cochin egg looks kind of like the barred rock egg. They're about the same shade of brown, but a little bit lighter. These eggs have a blue tint to them. It's kind of hard to see in the picture, but they are blueish! Americanas and Ameraucanas are pretty much the same kind of chicken. Easter Eggers are chickens that are mixed--part Americana/Ameraucana and part something else. Easter Eggers may lay eggs that are blue, green, pink, or even olive green! This egg belongs to a Golden-Laced Wyandotte. It's a little more brown than a barred rock, but very oval shaped. Sometimes we can't tell the top from the bottom! This belongs to a Silver-Laced Wyandotte. It looks almost identical to the golden-laced wyandotte egg, but it's not quite as brown. These are usually very oval shaped, too, just like the golden-laced wyandotte eggs. These eggs are the same shade of brown as the barred rock eggs. These eggs belong to a Rhode Island Red and a Production Red hen. They are identical in every way. The only difference is, as you can see, the shape and size. But, that's only because each hen lays a size and shape unique to her, like a fingerprint. Production Reds are big-farm versions of Rhode Island Reds and were bred to lay lots of pretty, brown eggs. The brown eggs you find in grocery stores come from these hens! Just like any other egg, each egg that a Leghorn lays is unique to the hen that lays it. But, they're all solid white. All of the white eggs you find in grocery stores come from Leghorns! They're very reliable egg layers. These little eggs don't come from a chicken. They come from quail! We have Coturnix Quail. The brown spots on them is not dirt. Each egg is a little different. Unlike chickens, quail do not have an egg style unique to each hen. These two eggs came from the same hen. The brown spots help camouflage the eggs and help protect the eggs from the sun! It's their own version of sunblock! These eggs are so small, it takes 5 of them to equal one chicken egg. Another unique thing about these is that, many people who are allergic to chicken eggs can usually eat quail eggs. And, quail eggs don't have salmonella, a bacteria that can be found in chicken eggs that can make you very sick! Here you can see all of the eggs together. Can you see the different sizes and shapes? How about the different colors? Can you find the quail eggs? Despite how the shells look, all of the eggs look the same on the inside. The only difference is that the quail egg is smaller. Eggs from blue, green, white, and brown shells are all the same on the inside. They have the same nutrients. The nutrients in chicken eggs comes from what they eat. Chickens that get more variety in their diets will have more nutrients in their eggs.
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