OOO.. Xeno's not gonna like this.. "So the chicken came first huh? But where did it hatch from then? That just doesn't make sense?" RE: Before it was a chicken, it was a life form that was'nt a chicken yet, and probably had a different way of ensuring it's offspring a better, more suitable way of survival in it's current enviroment at that time...Which suited it's needs well enough.. Until of course, it's enviroment changed drasticaly.{Gradual of course, for evolution to better take hold, but drastic all the same!}Thus giving it a form better suited {A"localized birthing chamber"...The egg!..TA DAAAA!! LOL ^_^} to deal with the "New" enviroment that it was now better suited for! And there You have it...The answer to Wo/Man's greatest mysteries!