Why are some eggs white and some eggs brown?

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Answer 1

There are white eggs????

Answer 2

There are brown eggs????

Answer 3

Just random, the same hen can lay both colours.

Answer 4

Random, some hens lay white some lay brown, no way of telling.

Answer 5

White hens lay white eggs, brown hens lay brown eggs.

Answer 6

White hens lay brown eggs, brown hens lay white eggs.

Answer 7

It's the feed which decides the colour of the egg

Answer 8

Hens in cages lay white, free range lay brown

Answer 9

Hens in cages lay brown, free range lay white

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