Trade Me search data might have cracked the question of what comes first - the chicken or the egg? Turns out, it's the chicken.
Interest in online auctions for chickens has more than doubled amid a nationwide egg shortage.
Trade Me spokesperson Ruby Topzand said searches for chickens, coops and feed had risen to more than 21,400 in the past week - up from 9300, a 129 percent increase.
Supply and Demand hard at work.