Which came first chicken or the egg?

@dloveli (4366)
United States
August 29, 2008 7:25am CST
I cant figure this one out. YOu need an egg to get a chicken. You need a chicken for an egg. How can we find out for sure? I really want to know. When the earth was created, was there an egg or a chicken? What do you think? I am going to research this further. While I am doing this, please tell me your view on the subject. Which is it the chicken or the egg?
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@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
29 Aug 08
I know for sure that the egg came first, as dinosaurs and fish were laying eggs long before the chicken was ever to walk the earth...
@cyberfluf (4996)
• Netherlands
29 Aug 08
I might add that fish were even earlier then dinosaurs as they evolved from one celled creatures that lived in the water and the fish got legs and crawled ashore. The story from there on you know .
@vellibiz (297)
• United States
30 Aug 08
i dont understand why people seperate religion and evolution, man some how evolved to wear clothes, our skin colored changed for every region we lived, everything we create evolves. why is it hard to believe that theres a god, and that we still evolve? "for every acton theres is a reaction"-proves evolution. "Nothing cant create something"-Proves a creator. its as simple as that.to my belief that is.
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@vellibiz (297)
• United States
30 Aug 08
but i believe the chicken came first. think of it like a plant...do u really think a seed was created then buried to become a tree, i think its easier to believe the tree was created, to produce seeds.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
29 Aug 08
For some reason I think the chicken seems to me like the animals sowed up first in my way of thinking ! lol
@dloveli (4366)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I am leaning towards that same idea. I think the chicken would have been created first. So many things come from eggs so I think that the animals were probably put here so they can recognize their own eggs. I dont know. It sounded good.lol Thanks dl
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
30 Aug 08
yup it does lol if ya find out different let me know ok?
@suruchi86 (1872)
• India
7 Feb 09
I'm so sorry for coming in so late. However, I don't think there can be any clear cut answer to this question. So, please don't bother about it until perhaps, maybe,next century.
@vellibiz (297)
• United States
30 Aug 08
chicken (read and comment what i said earlier)
@piya84 (2580)
• India
10 Feb 09
ummm well first chicken appear on earth.Why???well because i am saying it LOL!!
• United States
20 Mar 09
I'm saying the Chicken.The egg would die without it.The chicken got to keep the egg warm and protect it.So,it would die without a mother.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
30 Aug 08
I have alsways said the chicken myself. I guess because Adam and Eve were both adults when God created them so I would imagne he made all animals adults also.
@Bytemi (1553)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I have always thought that the chicken evolved from another animal, so the egg came first, just didn't know it was a chicken until it hatched. One the ladies that I work with thinks that the chicken came first because God created the chicken. I guess it all depends on your belief system.
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
30 Aug 08
both answers are correct.... sort of. on the surface it is correct to say that the chicken (or bird) came before the egg. having been created by God - not in the shell. however - if you are speaking specifically of chickens, then the egg came first.... but the egg did come from its parent bird.... how can this be? the Chicken is a hybrid its ancestors were not chickens - the first chicken was a freak :) and came from an egg that its papa fertilized and mama laid.
@derek_a (10873)
30 Aug 08
I think philosophers and great thinkers have been asking themselves that question since before time began! :-)
@jillhill (37353)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I really don't know....that will be one question that will probably find no answer in our life time.....
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
30 Aug 08
God created all things - including the chicken - so the chicken came first.
• Canada
30 Aug 08
Some say that you need to have an egg to get a chicken, but I disagree. Chickens are NOT made out of eggs. Chickens are made out of the various elements of the periodic table, just like we are. It makes perfect sense that chickens were created and designed to be able to reproduce more of themselves. It's actually a MUCH easier explanation than evolution. Evolution actually requires a LOT of faith - blind faith if you're not educated on the facts and details of the proposed processes and gaps in knowledge that still exist, and dedicated faith if you know the difficulties the therory and still believe it.
@owntuilp (422)
• China
30 Aug 08
yea,the content of post is very so funny question,you will get the best answer form the best philoshper,if you have any interset in like this fantastic problem.hahha.
@kwenge (2487)
• Kenya
29 Aug 08
I am a believer and so I believe in God and the bible. The bible says that It was on the Fifth Day of Creation Week that He created "every winged fowl after [their] kind" (Genesis 1:21) complete with the DNA to reproduce that kind. Then He "blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply". So I think its the chicken that came first........then the chicken layed eggs. For more details you can check this site. http://www.icr.org/article/3/
• Philippines
29 Aug 08
Are you really serious with your question? This topic has long been discussed by people around the world. Anyway, I guess this is a philosophical topic. As for me, to answer this question, I would often say, "In the Bible, the texts say, 'and God created the fowls and mammals to roam the earth....' The was no mention of, 'and God created EGGS.' Right?!" I thank you. Bow.