# The chicken came first.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283 "2012-04-19T15:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283/1 "2012-04-19T15:54:30Z")

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_Instead of passing out of the hen’s body and being incubated outside, the egg was incubated in the hen for 21 days and then hatched inside the hen._

[Story](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17769677) from Sri Lanka.

😃

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283/2 "2012-04-19T16:37:34Z")

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Seriously? They had to do an autopsy on the hen to find out what killed her?

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283/3 "2012-04-19T17:20:36Z")

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The egg comes second…if at all.

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**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283/4 "2012-04-19T17:26:48Z")

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The rooster came first.

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**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283/5 "2012-04-19T20:30:15Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> Seriously? They had to do an autopsy on the hen to find out what killed her?

I suppose it would have been faster to conclude that the hen died of a broken heart.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/619283/6 "2012-04-19T20:38:28Z")

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> [@Pullet](#):
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> I suppose it would have been faster to conclude that the hen died of a broken heart.

Or stress at the office.