[Sca-cooks] A question about eggs

[Sue Clemenger]

It's probably breed-specific.  There are types of chickens that lay
greenish colored eggs too, and some brown eggs are speckled.  And then
there's all the colors of eggs that other birds lay.
--Maire, former chicken owner (ah, my misspent youth ;-)

Nicolas Steenhout wrote:
>
> Don't know the periodness of white vs brown eggs.  Though what determines
> the colour of the shell is solely based on the kind of hen.  So I figure,
> if one can trace back a particular variety of hen back to our
> period/location, then you can tell which is which.  I suspect both were found.
>
> My 2 cents
>
> Muiredach mac Loloig
> aka
> Nicolas Steenhout
> "You must deal with me as I think of myself" J. Hockenberry
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