Which came first?

[HeyWayne]

Well, now we know:

What came first, chicken or egg? | The Economic Voice

[Brengirl]

and I really believed someone had come up with the answer to all creation
Back to square one I gather

[lettucegrow!]

Glad that's cleared up!

[Florence Fennel]

That made perfect sense didn't it? Could have been concocted by me and Binley!

[lainey lou]

clear as mud!

[di]

If the egg came first then who kept it warm?

[HeyWayne]

If the egg came first then who kept it warm?

It didn't - that's the point.

[Brengirl]

[Hilary B]

The key is surely 'define chicken'. I would say the first chicken hatched out of an egg laid by a Jungle Fowl. They ain't 'chickens' until they are domesticated. The question then becomes, was that a Chicken Egg?
Of course there WERE eggs long before this. Reptiles mostly lay eggs, amphibians lay eggs, most fish lay eggs....... (just having fun being pedantic)

[HeyWayne]

The key is surely 'define chicken'. I would say the first chicken hatched out of an egg laid by a Jungle Fowl. They ain't 'chickens' until they are domesticated. The question then becomes, was that a Chicken Egg?
Of course there WERE eggs long before this. Reptiles mostly lay eggs, amphibians lay eggs, most fish lay eggs....... (just having fun being pedantic)

And of course one must define the term 'egg' - for we are borne of 'eggs' yet we do not hatch.

[Brengirl]

Quite true Wayne but when man was created he was obviously determined to do it the hard way. But, then again thinking about it, it must be pretty tough to lay an egg and not only one, day after day after day.