Age old question

This is a kind of stupid question but people feel so strongly about it which makes it fun to talk about.

What came first:

The chicken or the egg

I think the egg came first and this is my reasoning

There was a pre-chicken who laid a egg. That was a chicken egg Bc the chicken was in it. Therefore, the egg came first.

However, other people say that it is not a chicken until it is out of the egg. Therefore making the chicken itself coming first. There are other arguments as well.

What is your reasoning?

What do you think came first?

And should this even be a question anymore?