Real Environmentalists Eat White Chicken Eggs

Reader Contribution by Troy Griepentrog

<p>I’ve been telling people for quite a while: Real environmentalists eat white chicken eggs. That’s because white-egg layers are almost always more feed efficient: Hens that lay white eggs are lighter weight and eat less feed to produce the same amount of eggs as brown-egg layers. So, brown chicken eggs require more resources to produce.</p>
<h3>Here’s an Example</h3>
<p>Hy-Line is a large poultry genetics corporation. Their website says that Hy-Line W-36 hens (the “world’s most efficient egg layer,” according to the site) consume 1.82 pounds of feed to produce a pound of eggs (white eggs). Hy-Line Brown hens eat 2.02 pounds of feed to produce a pound of eggs (brown eggs).</p>
<p>For reference, a <a href=”http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsavings/meat/allabouteggs.htm” target=”_blank”>
<font color=”#800080″>dozen large eggs</font>

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