If the definite article is used then it should be clear from the physical or literal context eggsactly which chicken and which egg are the subjects. This makes the answer a simple matter of asking each for its birth certificate.
If the question has been taken out of context or misquoted - and is now meaningless - well that’s just typical sloppy journalism.
The chicken was first and I’m willing to die on this hill
So, at one point the evolutionary predecesssor of the chicken must have laid a chicken egg. I respect your right to choose where you die though.
Honestly, I was just joking. For me this is more like the ship of Theseus showing that there is no such thing as a first chicken or a first egg.
Though eggs predate the chicken by several hundreds of million of years.
It’s implied that it’s about chicken eggs
where
Which came first:
If the definite article is used then it should be clear from the physical or literal context eggsactly which chicken and which egg are the subjects. This makes the answer a simple matter of asking each for its birth certificate.
If the question has been taken out of context or misquoted - and is now meaningless - well that’s just typical sloppy journalism.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but eggs were a thing way before chickens
Oh, an old earth evolutionist, I see. I know people like you
eggs existed long before chickens