Jane Howorth is the organizer of Britain’s biggest hen party, a group of 900 volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of millions of chickens employed in the UK egg industry. They seek out new homes for birds destined for the slaughterhouse at the end of their productive careers, and work to improve understanding of hen health and welfare. Jane set up the British Hen Welfare Trust in 2005 and talks to Companion about their plans to support clinical research on the common diseases affecting backyard poultry.