鶏が先か、卵が先かの英語

What came first? The egg or the hen?

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

The hen is sitting （on eggs）―brooding―incubating.

It was a chicken and egg situation.

The hens lay more eggs than we can consume.

Fat hens lay few eggs.

The chicken hasn't laid eggs lately.

That chicken hasn't laid any eggs lately.

That chicken hasn't laid any eggs recently.

Our hens lay more eggs than we can consume.

This hen does not lay eggs at all these days.

set a hen (on eggs)

The hens lay more eggs than we can eat.

This hen does not lay eggs at all these days.

Our hens lay more eggs than we can eat.

This hen does not lay eggs at all these days.

to set a hen on eggs―set a hen―set eggs

Our hens laid a lot of eggs yesterday.

set eggs (under a hen)

Hens do not lay at this time of the year.

A hen lays eggs.

It takes three weeks to hatch hen's eggs.

the cock that is the second to crow at daybreak

This hen lays well.

Feed chickens with seeds.

A hen lays eggs.

The hens lay more eggs than we can consume.

a distinctive type of egg produced locally

This hen lays an egg every day.

an adult hen

The hen is sitting （on eggs）―brooding―incubating.

to set a hen on eggs―set a hen―set eggs

A hen lays eggs.

A hen lays eggs.

set a hen (on eggs)

It takes three weeks to hatch hen's eggs.

the cock that is the second to crow at daybreak

an adult hen

set eggs (under a hen)

A hen sits on eggs―sits―broods―incubates.

a good layer

chicken raised for commercial egg production, called 'ranyo-syu'

sit on eggs

The hens lay more eggs than we can consume.

a good [bad] layer

Hens do not lay at this time of the year.

a breed of chicken raised for commercial egg production, called 'ranyou-syu'

It was a chicken and egg situation.

a newly-hatched bird

The hens lay more eggs than we can eat.

Our hens lay more eggs than we can eat.

the exterior covering of a bird's egg

Our hens lay more eggs than we can consume.

a wind egg of a chicken