White egg shell or not?

[twood71]

Egg shell is a natural source of minerals and contains 90% calcium, they also have iron, zinc, copper, manganese, fluorine, phosphorus, chromium and molybdenum.

I have read on both white shell and brown shell recommendations (commercial verses farm fresh).

So, I ask for those that feed raw egg and the whole shell to their dog if you bother with white shell or brown?

 

[AZ Boerboel]

Shell color doesn't matter. When I feed eggs the only thing special I do is drop it hard enough that it cracks on the side or bottom of the bowl. Otherwise she takes them out and rolls them all over the place before stomping on them.
I get all my eggs from a friend with chickens. White, Brown, Green, doesn't matter. The only time I separate the shells is if she's had a lot of bone lately and I want to taper back a little.

 

[angelbears]

I feed white. Brown are cost prohibitive. I would rather spend more to make sure they are getting a good variety of red meats. If you can afford it I think it is great to go as natural as you can.

BTW, at first all my dogs would eat all the egg, shell and all. Now, they break the shell and eat the goodies and leave the mess for me to clean up.

 

[Boxergirl]

Shell color doesn't mean anything nutritionally. Color is determined by the genetics of the chicken. The breed of the hen will determine the color eggs she produces. The nutritional content of the egg is affected by what the hen eats. A hen that produces brown, white, blue, etc. shelled eggs that are all fed the same diet will be the same nutritionally.

 

[DennasMom]

I don't think too much on it, but I've been trying to get better eggs for the humans, so Denna benefits from that as well.

I'm hoping the organic brown eggs from Costco are a good egg... at least better than the non-organic white ones we used to eat.
Occasionally I get eggs from the local farmer's market, too... those are normally white ones.

I can't really tell the difference on my plate, though, so I'd assume they're all close to the same overall.

 

[gilles]

i raise my own chicken ...most of the eggs i get are not white they tend to be brown or a very light brown almost white ..i give volka an egg with the shell every 2 or 3 days he loves it