dear supporters

It looks like spring is finally here and with it comes hope; an end to Covid-19 lockdowns, an end to Avian Flu and welcome back to helping hens, warmer weather and spring planting!

I’m really keen to share with you what we’ve been up to since last year – not only did we manage to save the lives of 58,631 hens in 2020, but we also began work in earnest on three priority areas to help hens. So I am thrilled to bits to be able to outline not one, but all three of those campaigns here.

Firstly, our Size Matters campaign which is part of our Hen Welfare Awareness work; you can find out all about why size matters on page 15.

Secondly, we’ve lots to update you on our Improving Pet Hen Health work because not only do we think size matters, but we think hens matter too, a lot, and in our update on page 23 we’ll outline what we’ve achieved and what’s next.

Finally, we’ve been keen to open up our Hens as Therapy programme for some time and now we have funding to get us started. We know how good hens are for our health, and we want those who are finding life a struggle to experience the calming effects and general sense of well-being that keeping hens can bring. You can read more on this on page 35.

Add to the above all our usual features including a brilliant batch of Good Eggs, some seasonal goodies up for grabs in our online shop, recipes courtesy of our lovely friends at Higgidy and a gorgeous And Finally story about Delilah!

I hope you can sit outside in the spring sunshine with a cup of tea, some chocolate and some chickens (my idea of heaven obviously) and enjoy this edition of Chicken & Egg.

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