If we are talking about modern day chickens, then the chicken came first. Not because of the bible, but because modern day chicken eggs need a specific protein from modern day chickens. You need that protein or no egg. That protein is found in the chicken. So they need to lay that egg.
Like in the previous threads on this topic said, the answer is quite simple. Evolution: genetic mutations cause bird to change in to a chicken, hence the egg is first. Creation: God created the chicken, so the chicken came first.
between dair5 and UDude21 the answer is pretty much summed up. God made/something evolved into the first chicken, that chicken laid a chicken egg, which can't happen without a certain protein, sat on it, then even more chickens hatched.
The egg. The Big Bang happened, created matter, and made the proteins necessary for an egg. Then it hatched, created the chicken, etc.
and the lone egg just hatched? no warmth? and even if that was possible the lone chick would be able to take care of itself without a parent. i dont think it matters what you look at. there is a really simple solution: a chicken can live without an egg yet an egg canot hatch/live without a chicken.
The chicken came first no doubt 1. God made the animal not the egg (the bible says so) 2. The egg would have nothing to keep it alive because the parents would have to be there to keep it safe
Bible wise; the chicken came first. Scientific wise; the egg came first, cuz fishes lay eggs nd mammals nd birds evolved from fishes and reptiles. U can choose which to believe, as for me i believe it hppnd bible wise.
None came first since chickens evolved and didn't just appear/weren't just born from another animal. In order to answer the question you have to set a point at which you count the species as chicken, and from that moment on the answer to the question depends on the arbitrarily set point.
Though since the egg is the embryo of a chicken, I'd say it makes sense to set the point at the moment of impregnation of the cell that will build the egg. So in a way, zygote -> egg -> chicken (represents genetical constance). Doesn't make it less arbitrary, but still.
