Brattleby Frankenchickens
Fighting for chicks in the High Court
A planning application for a new Lincolnshire factory farm that would house two million birds a year was approved. Together, we can reverse this decision.
Winning this case will spare millions of chicks from suffering and could help make animal welfare a key consideration for councils across the country.
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Thank you for standing with us against factory farming.
Intensive ‘broiler’ factory farms are one of the cruellest forms of animal farming in the UK.
A new one planned for Brattleby, Lincolnshire would confine more than two million birds a year in six sheds.
Disgracefully, it would use fast-growing breeds (commonly known as ‘Frankenchickens’), who suffer immensely from their rapid weight gain.
Frankenchickens' huge bodies are too heavy for their brittle legs. As a result, many of the birds simply cannot walk.
Countless investigations have revealed the appalling misery of life on an intensive chicken farm. In 2024, the Court of Appeal noted that raising Frankenchickens could be illegal.
Yet, in July 2026, West Lindsey District Council approved a factory farm’s horrifying plans to raise millions more Frankenchickens.
It did so without considering animal welfare. Not once did the decision mention the welfare of the chicks who will be trapped inside these sheds.
We won’t stand by and let this cruelty take place.
Together, we can reverse the decision. Our lawyers found serious flaws in the Council's decision. We started legal action to stop the suffering.
Rather than admit its errors, the Council has now doubled down and indicated that it will fight us all the way to the High Court.
Fighting a case like this comes at considerable price for an organisation like ours.
We couldn’t do it alone – thank you for anything you can spare.
