[spiderowych]

WHAT WAS THE FIRST: EGG OR CHICKEN?

[LiveBrianD]

spiderowych, on 14 May 2011 - 04:32 AM, said:

WHAT WAS THE FIRST: EGG OR CHICKEN?

I dunno - maybe the egg. I wonder if ancestral species did it differently.

[Grr8008]

The egg. It came from a chicken's ancestor, which means that it went pre-chicken, egg, chicken.

[KellyP]

Grr8008, on 14 May 2011 - 12:42 PM, said:

The egg. It came from a chicken's ancestor, which means that it went pre-chicken, egg, chicken.

Or there is this fictional take on it: A character in a Dean Koontz novel says something like, "The first chicken was created with the first egg already inside it." So, simultaneously?

[coastie65]

KellyP, on 14 May 2011 - 01:22 PM, said:

Grr8008, on 14 May 2011 - 12:42 PM, said:

The egg. It came from a chicken's ancestor, which means that it went pre-chicken, egg, chicken.

Or there is this fictional take on it: A character in a Dean Koontz novel says something like, "The first chicken was created with the first egg already inside it." So, simultaneously?

Haven't read any Dean Koontz in a long time. Sounds like something form one of his novels. His stuff tends to be a little strange anyway.

[Knifeblade]

As long as either is on my plate at certain meal times, I'm not too concerned.

[karenpoe]

Lol this is a funny question and i had fun reading the answers from the other members
But I am certain that he first is chicken.
If we look at the scriptures and try to understand when God created the heavens and the earth.
On the fifth and sixth day when God said that let there be fowls in the air and beast on the field and every creeping creatures and of their kind even the trees and the fruit bearing trees on the second day was made as a tree with their fruits on it.
Therefore, The chicken was first made with eggs inside it and those eggs were the first eggs.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 22 June 2011 - 05:05 AM

[Stubborn]

This is a never ending discussion. As Every one has their own facts and figures.

[Evildave]

Once upon a time, there were wild, flightless birds that humans hunted, along with all manner of other critters.

Humans often captured them alive, and kept some alive for later, in cages and pens for later meals (lacking refrigeration and cars for the drive through windows).

Some of these birds produced eggs (delicious as the birds) in captivity, which delayed the chickens themselves being eaten long enough to make even more birds in captivity. Which means a lot less trekking around whacking bushes and dragging around nets to capture birds for meals. Now they only have to be fed and watered, for there to always be eggs or meat.

They probably weren't the very first animals people kept and raised, either. But a chicken will produce a lot of eggs, where most other critters are over the fire before persistently peckish people would wait for them to breed more.

These birds came to be known as 'chickens'.

So the bird came first. And we called it finger-lickin' good.

[phillypa800]

it all started with the big bang theory. micro-organisms splattered across the universe, and the colonel himself was born; thus, giving humanity kentucky fried chicken. the leftover eggs went to diners for sunny side up evolution.

[LiveBrianD]

phillypa800, on 11 October 2011 - 11:38 AM, said:

it all started with the big bang theory. micro-organisms splattered across the universe, and the colonel himself was born; thus, giving humanity kentucky fried chicken. the leftover eggs went to diners for sunny side up evolution.

Then there were the cows and potatoes, which quickly became McDonalds and Burger King.

[Kazmatron]

Grr8008, on 14 May 2011 - 12:42 PM, said:

The egg. It came from a chicken's ancestor, which means that it went pre-chicken, egg, chicken.

I'd have to agree with this.

[amphi]

I think the chicken. Because to hatch an egg, there should be an incubator (the chicken) for it to crack and then, baby chick will appear. Unless a volcano happen to roast the egg?

[DavidBlum12]

The egg should have come first for obvious reasons. For one thing, the egg existed before the chicken became alive. The egg is the first stage in the growth from a zygote to a chicken. So the egg came first, not the chicken.

[KatyNN1]

Egg. Hence the chicken hatched from an egg as the ancestral line became the modern-day chicken.

[rain18]

chicken. cause if egg comes first that means they waited for a long time for it to be hatched and grow and have eggs

[KennakaKeeper]

The real answer has been lost in antiquity therefore we as a human species will wonder about this until the cows come home.....