Ask Neil Anything: Can a chicken lay purely white or brown eggs?

We know chickens can lay white or brown eggs but can a chicken lay only a specific colour?

Owner of Josh’s eggs, Josh Murray, says the colour of the eggs is based on the DNA.

“Chicken breeds like Isa brown that lay brown eggs, are going to lay brown eggs for their whole life,” he told Neil Mitchell

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