Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
Does feed or diet change the color or is it more the breed of chicken that affects color?
In some cases both, but chickens with red ears will almost always lay eggs of the brownish color. Depending on the time of the year my free range chickens will lay darker eggs due to the amount and types of insects available to them and the plants they eat we supplement their diet with various brands of laying pellet feeds and crushed oyster shells in an attempt to maintain egg production it doesn't always help much in winter months as production will nearly always fall off