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).

The USDA notes that chickens such as the Leghorn, White Rock, and Cornish lay white eggs. Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, and Plymouth Rock chickens lay brown eggs. Araucana chickens, from South ...

Brown eggs are laid by some of the most commonly kept backyard breeds, such as barnavelders and Rhode Island reds, while white eggs come from breeds including silkies and leghorns.

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.

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 ...

The color of an egg's shell says nothing about its quality. The only difference between brown eggs and white eggs lies in the breed of the chicken that laid them.