Can you color Brown Eggs?

A question we often get is, "can you color brown eggs for Easter?"  The answer, "absolutely."  In fact, I think brown eggs make far better Easter eggs.  When white eggs are colored the colors often appear harsh and fake.  Brown eggs tend to produce a softer, more natural color.

Anyway, here's how we color our brown eggs...

Hard cook your eggs.  There are multiple ways to accomplish this task but we prefer steaming.  We have a sauce-pot steamer that will hold a dozen eggs perfectly.  Put about two inches of water in the bottom of the pot and bring to a boil.  Once the water is boiling, place the eggs in the steamer, put the steamer on the pot, and cover.  Set your timer for 19 minutes and move to the next step.  (We place the eggs in the steamer right out of the refrigerator).

Once the timer goes off, give those cackle-berries an ice bath.  I usually let them set in the ice water for about 15 minutes or until the next batch is ready when doing large amounts.

Once cooled, placed them on a wire rack to dry or hand dry them.  Don't put them in the carton wet or you may never get them out!  When you put them in a carton wet, especially Styrofoam cartons, they dry and stick to the carton.  We learned this the hard way with raw eggs, big mess.

Fixing eggs this way makes beautiful yolks and eggs that are extremely easy to peel.

I got some professional help when preparing to color these eggs.  Daniel and Bella are skilled at dropping the eggs into the coloring cups and making them splash dye all over the place.

This was our first batch.  We learned that the longer you leave them in the dye, the richer the color.

As you can see, brown eggs do make a beautiful Easter egg.  Not only do our eggs make beautiful Easter eggs, they are good for you.  Contact us today to get a few dozen of our pastured eggs fresh from our farm to your Easter Basket.  740-324-0702