Other chickens that lay colorful eggs include the Barred Rock ... (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife) As it turns out, the speckles on speckled eggs are just extra calcium deposits. One reason for the ...

We have a Black Asian chicken that occasionally will lay a speckled egg; she gave us both brown and white speckles. These adorable speckled eggs always make me happy :) The hen’s genetics ...

Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...