Pullet Rearing
Pullet Rearing
The health and welfare of our pullets is vitally important to us. We rear our birds on sites that receive continued development based on bird performance and management. This ensures that we have excellent bird development and biosecurity. Our pullets are produced under the highest welfare standard that is assured and monitored by Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme, Freedom Foods (RSPCA) and the British Lion Code.
Our trained staff make regular visits to all rearing sheds where birds are monitored for performance, welfare and biosecurity on a regular basis, with key advice and guidance from veterinary practitioners to keep a pro-active approach to bird health, well-being & performance.
We work closely with customers and veterinary practitioners to ensure birds are vaccinated against prevalent diseases that can impact the bird both during and post rearing. This is carried out to a pre-ordained vaccination programme determined by our veterinary consultants.
Our stock is regularly weighed, to ensure good growth and development. Together with our nutritionist, we specify our own feed formulation to meet our specific feed plan throughout rear. We work closely with our feed providers to ensure excellent quality materials are used to ensure optimum development of the birds. We continually monitor for disease through veterinary visits and dust sampling that happens at routine intervals.
Customer Back Up
Customer satisfaction is very important to us. After the birds are transferred to our customer’s site, we make pre-arranged visits to their site in order to further monitor the bird’s growth and development. With our customer’s permission, we normally make a number of visits to the site and there after we keep in contact with our customer’s in an advisory and helpful capacity. We want to ensure that our customer’s achieve the best possible results.
Breeds
From experience, we know that one breed does not suit all systems and market demands, so we supply a range of breeds in order to satisfy our customers. We are available to discuss and recommend breeds to our individual customer’s requirements. Below are breed ranges & specific target ranges.
Chick Delivery
Rearing of Chick
Pullet for Transfer
Please feel free to look at some of our provided breeds below:
Breeds, management guides and performance data are available below:-
Floor reared
Produces a bird for colony laying system that enhances their productivity and supports the long-term health of the bird. We also provide perching in rearing, to ensure that birds can move freely in their new homes.
PLatform reared
Pullets are supplied to free range, barn and colony systems. We have invested in the majority of our rearing house so that our birds are fit for any laying system. We also provide perch/platform to ensure that birds can move freely in their laying environment and can adapt quickly to the onset of lay.
Multi-tier reared
Pullets are supplied to free range, barn and aviary systems. We have invested heavily in the rearing of our birds, now using the Flex Raise from LANDMECO a multi-tier system. It produces a highly adaptable bird for any laying system that enhances their productivity and supports the long-term health of the bird. It provides excess perch/platforms at multiple levels to give the bird maximum ability to climb and grow. This ensures that birds are extremely adaptive to their new laying environment and can help move quickly to the onset of lay and higher levels of production.
What breeds of pullets do you offer?
We offer a variety of pullet breeds including Shaver Brown, Warren, Bovans Brown, Lohmann Brown Classic, Lohmann Brown Lite, and Novogen Brown and Dekalb. Each breed is selected based on individual customer requirements and market needs.
What type of housing do your pullets have?
Pullets are supplied to free range, barn and colony systems. We have invested heavily in the rearing of our birds, now using the Flex Raise from LANDMECO a multi-tier system. It produces a highly adaptable bird for any laying system that enhances their productivity and supports the long-term health of the bird. We also provide perch/platform sheds for rearing, to ensure that birds can move freely in their laying environment and can adapt quickly to the onset of lay.
Where do you supply ?
We supply pullets to local farmers, commercial production and large egg producers for markets in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Can you help me choose the right breed for my needs?
Yes, we are available to discuss and advise you on which breed would be suitable for your individual requirements.
- Client Testimonials
What They Say About Us
Niall Brady
Raymond and myself have reared birds for Whitakers for years and are very happy with the expert advice in a collective approach to product a top quality pullet.
Darren Tate
The quality of the pullets is exceptional, and ease of management has been excellent.
Mark Given
The chick quality has been brilliant and the help and support provided by the field staff at Whitakers has been a huge help.
Fergal Connolly
I have reared pullets with Whitakers over the last decade and their guidance and support through pullet rearing lay has been exceptional.
