WITH the price of eggs sky high, and a noticeable shortage of them on the supermarket shelves, the outlook is pretty grim for those who enjoy a traditional breakfast.

But, here in the Far West, the answer has been staring us right in the face: chickens.

“Traditionally, we've always had a few chicken runs each year,” said Sonja Stubing of Danns, an agri-food business in Broken Hill.

“But f...