What is on Your Mind?

What is the definition of a "chicken egg"?

Is it;

(a) an egg layed by a chicken,

(b) an egg from which a chicken will emerge; or

(c) an egg made from chicken (akin to a chocolate egg)?

I see your point.

If a horse gives birth to a donkey is it a donkey or a horse?

Since most would say, I think, it is a donkey, likewise, a chicken is defined by it's egg, not what it lays.

For years I have thought that the egg came first, and I still do. Though I accidentally clicked that the chicken came first...

Fixed poll (subtracted one chicken, added one egg).

Ohh, thanks.

Chicken egg DEFINITELY came first ...

Eggs from Chickens require and Incubation period of about 21 day. During this period the "egg" MUST be kept at a constant temperature of 1OO degrees F. This can vary but only a little depending on Humidity. With such close care need to successfully hatch an egg there is no way for an egg to mature with out a "chicken" providing care to the egg. The chicken came first....