He said that he tries to make sure that each carton has at least two blue eggs. I asked Craig whether he packed the dozen eggs randomly or took notice of colors. Yet another shopper responded that in her household only she is permitted to have the blue ones. Another shopper was adamant that the dark brown ones are the best.
Ken Grabach prefers the blue ones, whereas Charles Ganelin prefers the pale tan ones. I recently hung around Craig’s table at the Oxford Farmers Market asking shoppers which color eggs are their favorites.
It’s the official state bird of Rhode Island, where it was developed in the late nineteenth century, by cross-breeding birds of Asian and Italian origins. The light brown eggs may be coming from Rhode Island Red hens.
The dark brown eggs may be sourced from Golden Comet chickens described by as “a personable and curious hen, very mellow and doesn’t mind being picked up by folks.” The blue eggs come from Ameraucana hens, developed in the United States in the 1970s, from chickens brought here from Chile.
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