Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Answer 1

In your sentence, the chicken :-)

If you go with science (and this is a science site), the species that is called a chicken was first a mutated egg that was reared by its evolutionary parents of a different genetic code. This is punctuated evolution. The classical model of evolution says that a flock of proto-chickens was separated from the rest of the flock and over time, stayed so far genetically due to different environmental stresses and subsequent higher survival rates of preferred traits, that they became present day chickens. Add to that selective breedig by some clever early chicken farmers and voila... Anyhow, the egg was still first, because a chicken is first an egg in the model.

And for the equal time political folks....
If you are more of a theology sort, the chicken was first created and then reproduced (made eggs) after its kind.

Answer 2

Ah, the age old question.

The answer is neither. Originally, what we call chicken was actually known as Sonderblat, from Andromeda. This species originally came from neither an egg or birth as we realize it, but through a process which would most resemble a sneeze. The Sondeblat babies, or Sonderts, were formed as a gelatenous ooze in their fathers nose and then sneezed out as they began to grow their baby spikes.

The Sonderts then grow through a process of obsorbtion of rocks and dirt. Their droppings looked much like what we call eggs.

After a few centuries of being stranded on earth, the Sonderblats mated with African Ostrich, unbeknownst to the ostrich. Sonderblats are incredibly small. Thus we have the chicken with the egg today.

Answer 3

Simple Logic: Chickens hatch from eggs; eggs come first.

Begs the question you say? Where'd the first chicken egg come from??

Simple Paleontology: Eggs have been around far longer than chickens.

Simple Evolutionary Theory:(as given above as well) Genetic material for "first" chicken mutated before embryonic stage; First chicken came out of an egg (But not nec. a chicken egg!!)

Simple Symantics: So shall we say that the first CHICKEN EGG had to be laid by a chicken??

Answer 4

The egg, because God created all animals. If he created the egg, it wouldn't have been able to incubate, so there would never be any chickens. If the chicken came first, it could lay a batch of eggs, which would start the first line of the chickens!

Answer 5

if you believe the theory of evolution(that one that says Darwin's grand parents are monkeys),then the egg came first:the last animal that had the egg of a chicken is not one:the specie evoluated till finally an egg of chicken was made and only then came the first chicken with eggs from the same specie

Answer 6

We discussed this in my philosophy class about 15 years ago. The class decided that the question was not spicific enough to be a valid question.
For example, if the question was "What came first, the Rooster or the egg?", then the answer would be the Rooster (like Adam came before Eve and her eggs). If the question was "What came first, the Hen or the egg?", then the answer would be they came at the same time (like Eve and her eggs were created at the same time).

Answer 7

That's actually been scientifically answered: the egg. A full-grown chicken would have to start from an egg, while some other creature laying mutated eggs could have hatched a chicken.

Answer 8

Definitely the chicken. If there was no chicken than what would have laid, or incubated the egg.

Answer 9

well building on what the guy above me said....dinosaurs were around waaay before chickens were....dinosaurs, being reptiles, laid eggs.....hence fowarth technically the egg was around alot longer than the chicken was.

Answer 10

Yes