Originally Posted by
raredaredevil
I think its the egg , 2 species of a chickens ancestors at some point made a egg witch then set off a entire new species. These chicken ancestors did not come out of an egg themselves. But every "chicken" after the egg they produced did. This chicken ancestor themselves where not a chicken by today's standards , remember they did not come from a egg themselves , they was not chickens. Although apparently the female may of had messed up genetics that caused it to lay eggs and this trait obviously worked better for them as evolution made sure they become the dominant new species.
So its the egg??? I think , from a chicken ancestor that maybe had messed up genetics that caused it to lay eggs. Or perhaps the egg itself had messed up genetics. But either way , whatever the egg come from cannot be classed as a chicken , so it was the egg?