Maybe that's something Sakkarah will pass along. We can gather milk from cows now so no reason to not be able to collect eggs from chickens.
Hmmm... to get a bananna from a Gorilla, you have to kill it. I don't think you should just be able to walk up to a strange chicken and get eggs.
I think you should have to do a quest. After this quest is complete, you get a little wooden statue of a chicken and a recipe scroll. After gathering other materials, you are able create a chicken coop.
Now that you have a chicken coop... you can go out with your herder and get some chickens to put in it.
If you log on every day and feed your chickens, you get one egg daily. If you miss a day, all the chickens die and you have to get more.
Just letting folks get free eggs would create an imbalance in the game economy. Imagine all the "egg billionaires" who would start buying up all the castles and towers. *shakes head*
Safe Travels, Sam