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by YeGoblynQueenne 3563 days ago
>> the only sensible conclusion is that the deluded person isn't the brother who thinks that he is a chicken but the guy who thinks that a chicken is in fact his brother.

That's one possible interpretation- another one is that both the man and his brother are delusional and the joke is absurdist (there are no eggs). That's the one espoused by the author.