Wise Bread has a great post containing 10 facts about eggs. Did you know that there are more egg colors than just brown and white?
Different breeds of chickens produce different colors of eggs. In addition to the typical white and brown, some chickens produce blue, blue-green, reddish-brown, or even speckled eggs. A great place to look for atypical egg colors is at your local farmers market; one vendor at my market sells a dozen eggs in a mix of blue, white, cream, and brown.
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This is fascinating! I grew up thinking only the Robin laid a blue egg. Do you have any idea which breed of chicken lays a blue egg? I am really curious as we are about to start raising chickens here. How cool would it be to have the only blue eggs in the county?