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Chicken breeds that lay dark brown eggs
At the far end of the brown spectrum are eggs so dark they look dipped in cocoa. A few breeds lay these chocolate-brown showstoppers — the crown jewels of a mixed egg basket.
1Welsummer🌱Dark terracotta brown eggs · 160–220 eggs/yrNetherlands2Barnevelder🌱Dark brown eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrNetherlands3Black Copper Marans🌱Chocolate brown eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrFrance4Langshan🌱Dark brown eggs · 150–200 eggs/yrChina
How this list is built: Breeds whose profile egg color is a dark, chocolate, or deep-terracotta brown. Ranked by annual production. It updates automatically as we add breeds — no hand-picking.
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