Are brown chicken eggshells usually tougher than white?

Brown eggshells are really just brown pigment applied to a white egg shell as the egg is being laid and don't effect egg quality, nutrition, or shell composition. Diet, age of the bird, and health of a bird and the size of the egg determine shell hardness. read more

Brown eggs tend to have a higher price tag simply because the reddish-feathered chickens that lay brown eggs are larger than the breed that lays white eggs, and as such, they require more feed. That extra cost is offset by — you guessed it — a higher price at the grocery store. read more

At Easter, white eggs which usually run 20 cents a dozen more expensive than browns go up to 70 cents to a dollar more per dozen; the coloring doesn't look as nice on brown eggs. If you want to dye eggs, you will have to pay a significant premium for white. read more