Chicken Egg Color Chart by Breed

Egg color comes from the breed, so the hens you choose decide what your egg basket looks like. Here is every breed we hatch, grouped by egg color, with about how many eggs each lays a year.

Tap a color to see which hens lay it

Your egg basket is empty. Add a few breeds to see your colors.
Or get the Colorful Egg Basket bundle

Want a rainbow basket without picking breeds? Try our Colorful Egg Basket chick bundle or Colorful Egg Basket hatching eggs.

Why egg colors vary

Every egg starts out white. Blue eggs are blue all the way through the shell, while brown eggs get their color as a coating near the end of laying. That is why brown and chocolate eggs can look lighter late in the laying season, or when a hen is older or stressed. Shades vary from hen to hen even within the same breed, so the photos above show typical colors, not exact matches. Egg color has no effect on taste or nutrition.

Build your own rainbow basket

Mix a blue layer, a dark brown layer and a white layer for the most colorful basket, or start with our Colorful Egg Basket chick bundle or Colorful Egg Basket hatching eggs. Shop colored egg layers, all day-old chicks or hatching eggs.