Egg is also a game feature of Minecraft.
More information can be found on the Minecraft Wiki at Egg.

An egg is an item that can be used to craft food items, or thrown for a chance to spawn baby chickens on impact.

Egg
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For further information, please refer to the Vanilla Minecraft item.

Obtaining

An Egg can be obtained from adult chicken. Every adult chicken lays an egg item every 5–10 minutes.