egg, chicken, pot, kettle, to-MAY-to, to-MAH-to

My college buddy Ken has answered The Ultimate Question:

The egg came first.

Gene mutations are much more pronounced in offspring than in already living organisms. You can have an animal that, because of gene mutations during procreation, gives birth to a new animal that is significantly different from its parents. Thus, it is likely that the chicken (aside from being the product of evolution from other birds) is most likely the product of some specific gene mutation that made the new animal more chicken-like than its parents, and thus occured in the egg before it occured
in the bird.

Thanks, Ken!