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Bird Egg Shell Colors


7/19/2005

name paul
grade 9-12
location PA

Question - what gives egg shell there color is it feed? i.e calcium
for white ? chicken eggs
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Egg shell colors are fairly consistent within each species, and are from
pigments added to the shell as the egg passes through the oviduct.

J. Elliott
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