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TastyReuben said:
Maybe 20-30 years ago, but certainly not unusual now.

White eggs are still more common, probably because they're so cheap - those eggs cost me $4US, and I can get regular white eggs (minus all the certifications) for $.99.

I care less about the shell and more about the innards, but I buy those because they're certified humane. If I'm eating an egg, I want to know the chickens haven't had their beaks lopped off first, piled atop one another, and all the other crap they do to chickens on larger factory farms.

When I have more time, I buy them from a farmer around the corner from the house, and the difference is amazing. The eggs from the farmer, I just about need a chisel to get the shells cracked and the yolk is some shade past deep orange. The extra-cheap white eggs are incredibly fragile (I've broken more than one just holding it in my hand) and the yolks are barely pale yellow.
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All my eggs are brown eggs. It was the luck of the draw of the breeds I chose to raise - I didn't choose my breeds by egg color, but by alleged tempraments, egg-productivity, winter-hardiness, prices of the baby chicks, and other useful characteristics.

Their eggs are generally pretty hardy. I tripped and fell one evening in the yard, holding two eggs in one hand. Amazingly, they did not break or even crack!
 
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