Bird flu has struck the chicken producer in our village. He was selling at £2 a dozen. I haven't been able to get eggs from my usual spot a few miles away, but he is usually short in the depths of winter. He put his price up to £3 a dozen last winter.

The supermarkets have eggs. What is annoying is the shortage of organic chicken. Marks and Spencer have stopped selling them altogether and replaced them with "Higher Welfare" birds, whatever THAT may mean. Pray tell me what growth hormones and antibiotics you have injected them with.