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This supposedly paradoxical question is commonly mistaken as having no real answer, but the answer is this:

When two birds (here, chickens) mate, they produce an egg; in this case containing a chick that is genetically different from the parents. Although it is extremely rarely (if ever) possible to pinpoint the evolution of a new trait to a particular individual/generation (and definitely not possible to pinpoint the moment of speciation), there must have been some period over which "chicken-like bird" evolved into "chicken". Although this is not a moment we could ever wish to identify on a family-tree, what is certain is that as the genetic lineage crossed the boundary into "chicken-ness", that particular individual began its life inside an egg. Therefore, the creature that is genetically known as a 'chicken' first came from an egg.

Another view (you might think I'm cheating here) is that creatures were laying (non-chicken) eggs many millions of years before chickens came into existance.

Either way, the egg came first

...Or, if you're a creationist, you might prefer something more along these lines:

"However, some may say "WHAT???? If two "birds" mate they have a chicken? Two dogs dont have a cat!! Why would to birds be genetically different, mate and end up with a chicken? HERE IS AN IDEA...How about two chickens mate and the egg turns out to be a chicken!!! God made the animals first...then as they say the rest is history."

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