I was told that white eggs were all painted, while brown eggs were natural. It took a trip out of the country to realize that white eggs occur in nature too.
A childhood belief about birds

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that only brown eggs came from chickens. I thought white eggs were made at the store— Destiny
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that cadbury cream eggs real uncooked eggs in the middle Anon
- I used to think the easer bunny was a blue and white cloud guy that hid eggs.— James the Great
- I used to believe that bunny rabbits hatched from eggs, since the Easter Bunny gave you eggs.— goat
- My mom always used to tell me that brown eggs came from brown chickens.— Taylor
- Someone told my that rice was really spider eggs. I still don't look at it the same. Anon