“What did the chick say when his mum laid an orange?”/“Look what marmalade.”

“Marmalade” sounds like “mama laid,” and there are jokes, usch as this riddle:
 
Q: What did the chick say when his mum laid an orange?
A: Look what marmalade.
 
Versions of the “marmalade” joke have been cited in print since at least 1904.
   
 
Newspapers.com
2 July 1904, Dubbo (NSW, Australia) Dispatch, pg. 3, col. 4:
While on the subject of eggs, there is a good jokes going the rounds just now. “If a hen laid an orange, what would the chicken say?” “Look what marmalade.”
 
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15 January 1929, The Bridge of Allan Gazette (Bridge of Allan, Scotland), “Good Riddles,” pg. 10, col. 5:
If a hen laid an orange what would the chicken say?—Look what marmalade (mamma laid).
 
Newspapers.com
24 January 1929, Greensboro (NC) Daily Record, pg. 6, col. 3:
HOLD EVERYTHING!
The office boy contributed this one this morning:
“What would the little chickens say if mamma hen should lay an orange?”
Of course we bit, and just before he dodged the inkwell, he replied:
“Oh, look what marma-lade!”
 
Newspapers.com
3 February 1949, Casper (WY) Tribune-Herald, pg. 10, col. 3 classified ad:
Ivan Says: Said the little chick when he saw an orange…“Look what marmalade.”
   
Newspapers.com
23 April 1968, Daily Mirror (London, UK), “New laughs…for old jokes,” pg. 5, col. 4:
What did the chick say when his Mother Hen laid an egg?—Oh, look what marmalade!
 
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The Large Naval South African Orange Appreciation Group ·
Danny Mulder ·
October 13, 2008 at 6:48 PM ·
WHAT DID THE LITTLE CHICK SAY WHEN ITS MOTHER LAID AN ORANGE?
LOOK AT THE ORANGE MARMALADE
 
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Hannah
@hanneesweedie
@lukepasqualino
what did the chick say when it’s mother laid an orange? - look what marmalade. hahaaa admit nothing can beat that ;]
10:39 AM · May 8, 2009
 
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PuterPrsn™
@PuterPrsn
A chickens decided to be different & laid an orange insead of an egg - the chicks who saw it said “Look what marmalade!” #pun
9:51 PM · Aug 26, 2009
 
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Richard Cobourne
@RichardCobourne
@Aggerscricket what did chick say when mother hen laid an orange? Oh look what marmalade.
7:35 PM · Nov 12, 2010
 
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Val Grimm
@vallygrimm
what did the baby chick say when his mom laid an orange? “look what marmalade…find out what to do with that orange on my blog!
10:13 AM · Nov 2, 2011
 
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hayley franks
@funtimefranksy
@Lovejoy_Rimmer
What did the chick say when it’s mother the hen laid an orange?
Look what Marmalade
4:57 PM · Jun 6, 2013
 
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Phil Murray
@philmuzza
What did the chick say when it’s mum laid an orange. ??  “Look what marmalade ”
@ShitJokes @_paulos @SteveMu48885353
10:49 AM · Oct 3, 2015
 
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
What did the chick say when his mum laid an orange? Look what marmalade.
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1:00 AM · Oct 3, 2018
 
LaffGaff
Orange
May 11, 2025 by LaffGaff
What did the chick say when his mum laid an orange?
Look what marmalade.