Are Araucana eggs any healthier than “normal” eggs?
A. No. In around 1989 various rumours were spread around purporting the “fact” that blue eggs contain lower cholesterol and are better for you. This was deliberately misleading to enable some unscrupulous individuals and “health” organisations make exhorbitant amounts of money by charging more for blue-green eggs. In recent years, this rumour has come back again, and still isn’t true. There have been a number of independent laboratory tests which have shown that there is a natural variation between all types of eggs, but no consistent clear difference. The human body produces its own cholesterol from the food we eat. This is the equivalent to about 4 average chicken eggs a day. Cholesterol in the blood is a neccessary part of human physiology, and it is needed for good health. Q. Are Araucanas related to ducks, which also lay blue eggs? A. No. Araucanas are chickens which have descended from the Red Jungle Fowl. Ducks are water birds which are a separate species in their own right. Q.
