Speak up for frankenchickens
Mass Lobby Day 2026 | Westminster | Tuesday 10 November
Nearly a billion chickens are raised for meat in the UK every year. Almost all of them are frankenchickens: birds bred to grow so fast their bodies cannot keep up. They struggle to walk. Many suffer from the day they hatch to the day they are slaughtered.
In last year's Animal Welfare Strategy, the government signalled that it wants to support a transition away from frankenchickens. It has not said what that transition would look like, or when it would happen.
Most of the billion chickens farmed here each year are fast-growing breeds.
On 10 November, we are going to Westminster to demand action.
Meet your own MP, face to face
James meets his MP at the 2025 Mass Lobby Day.
Voters from across the UK travel to Westminster on the same day and meet their own MPs in person. You tell them, in your own words, why this matters to you. Then you ask them to act.
MPs answer to the people who elect them. When they hear the same message from voter after voter in a single day, it becomes very hard to ignore.
It worked last year
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voters met their MP at our 2025 Mass Lobby Day
Dilan, Vicky, Susan and James at the 2025 Mass Lobby Day
They asked their MPs to end the cage age for laying hens and pigs. Within months, the government confirmed that its plan was to ban those cages in the Animal Welfare Strategy.
There are 650 constituencies. Every one of them has a farmed animal story and an MP who has to listen. This year we want to be bigger and louder, and put frankenchickens on the agenda in Parliament.
Read our blog on the Mass Lobby Day to ban cages.
Event details
Date: Tuesday 10th November, 10am - 5pm.
What? We secure a meeting with your MP or their team to talk about Frankenchickens, what the UK Government should do about it and what your MP can do specifically.
Where: We've booked a venue in Westminster where you can hang out and/or co-work throughout the day, if your job allows, and you don't want to take the whole day off work. The meetings will be in Parliament.
No experience is needed, we will provide resources and training on how to have a productive conversation with your MP.
A bonus: you will get to spend the day meeting other cool people who care about helping animals and doing good in the world!
Still have some questions? Join one of our webinars:
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Then use our MP engagement tool to email your MP and ask for a meeting. We will be in touch in the months and weeks before the day with everything you need.