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.

For example, White Leghorn chickens lay white-shelled eggs, while Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds lay brown-shelled eggs (1, 2).

Some breeds such as White Leghorn chickens lay eggs with white shells while other breeds such as Rhode Island Reds lay eggs with brown shells.

Rhode Island law leaves municipalities to govern who can have chickens and how many. East Providence, for example, voted down an ordinance that would have allowed people to legally keep chickens ...

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.

Some breeds such as White Leghorn chickens lay eggs with white shells while other breeds such as Rhode Island Reds lay eggs with brown shells.

Most of the brown eggs in the U.S. are produced by a type of chicken breed called Rhode Island Red or Plymouth Rock, while many of the white eggs are made by White Leghorn chickens, he says ...