White or Brown: Eggshell colour is determined by the type of hen that lays it. There is no nutritional difference.8 Z" [' d, v% S" O( e& n
White eggs are laid by white-feathered hens./ ~: `4 x3 ?- w3 P
These are the most common laying hens in Canada. White eggs are usually less expensive than brown eggs. / M/ b7 w" s0 m% FBrown-feathered hens usually lay brown eggs. 0 V1 J% f f1 QProducing brown eggs costs more because brown hens are larger than white ones and they eat more feed. 1 a: ^0 `9 M) k; q6 E( z, U N1 h+ j+ P% h: \2 {; a' }Young hens lay pee wee eggs and older hens lay jumbo eggs;6 A6 v( R+ ]2 l3 W
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Free-run eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs.0 K* K9 n8 Q( M4 h1 t$ s5 K) [
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Organic eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs.4 [1 E/ v3 H. s) K* a
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Free-range eggs are nutritionally the same as regular eggs. : r. K; J# |3 {8 @8 a0 d* h % }- q/ R. ?! r% d% ?9 g/ f' a0 \& ^5 D- N# V1 N2 x' A
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