dear supporters

Don’t you just love our front cover?! I’m sure that Penny the hen is checking with her canine friend, Paddy, that the man in the red outfit with the big white beard is real. And it looks like Paddy is thinking ‘you wait ‘til you see the tree and the presents Penny, he’s real alright!’ I love the scene, it’s Christmas inclusivity for our beloved pets, hens very much included.

Well, despite the frustrations of Covid-19 and Avian Flu, and with all winds blowing in the right direction, we will have saved over 53,000 hens from slaughter by the end of the year; not bad given the circumstances. You helped us make it happen, for which a heartfelt thank you.

Aside from rehoming, we got on with exploring and progressing other ways to help our beloved hens and you can read about some of these inside. We have our Size Matters campaign and student grants updates, and how loud we’ve been blowing our ‘hens make great pets’ trumpet reaching several quarters of the globe.

We set up three new rehoming points and were able to demonstrate how powerfully hens really can help humans – you’ll read an uplifting, life-affirming, good-for-the-soul update.

We have a fabulous competition worth £160, thanks to the Seed Pantry who offer an innovative idea on how to bring the outdoors inside; it really is a wonderful concept!

We launch our Christmas Appeal and rely on you as always to help us through thick and thin; we have a wonderful new flock of six happy, lucky hens available for sponsorship (what a fab and thoughtful gift) and we have some pretty cool new clothing items in our online shop together with a winter warmer bundle every hen will want in her stocking on the 25th.

All that’s left for me to say at the end of this challenging year is thank you, thank you – we simply could not do what we do without your support and all of us at Hen Central are so grateful to you.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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