The color of the shell doesn’t change the nutrients, just how it appears. During their entire life, hens will not change eggshell color, so what you see is what you get.

The color of the shell doesn’t change the nutrients, just how it appears. During their entire life, hens will not change eggshell color, so what you see is what you get.

The color is only due to pigmentation and does not affect its nutritive value. But the color of the egg has been linked to earlobe color, the earlobe being the fleshy skin on the side of the head; ...

Dear Dr. Universe: Is there any way to tell what color of eggs a chicken will lay? — Isabella, 8, ... And the earlobe is just below the ear, marked by a slight thickening of the skin.

But in defense of our guest, cookbook author Marie Simmons, let us state clearly that there is a close correlation between earlobe color and feather color, especially in commercial chickens, and ...

One surprising fact about egg color revealed to attendees: The color of the chickens’ ear lobes — yes, they have ear lobes — will tell you the egg color they produce.

If the chicken's ear lobe is white, it usually lays white eggs, while the ones with red ear lobes usually lay brown eggs. Also, regardless of the eggshell colour, it does not affect the egg’s ...