We can offer diligent, conscientious owner-operators the opportunity to repurpose poultry housing to rearing space and create an additional income stream.

Wot a Pullet are the only company offering generous rates and exceptionally fair contracts with risk sharing.

We make the whole thing as simple and straightforward as possible, providing accurate budgeting models and prompt payments as well as taking care of the costs of catching, vet bills, feed and transport.

Contact us for more information at info@wotapullet.co.uk

Ben Shand

With invaluable poultry experience to call on, Ben manages our Horsewold Farm rearing unit, at Middleton on the Wolds, in the Yorkshire Wolds.

He began his career on laying farms, becoming manager of two Wot an Egg farms, one in Watton, Yorkshire and another in Staffordshire. He then took on the role of Compliance Manager for the company before being appointed as an Area Manager with responsibility for three laying farms.

Key Responsibilities

As manager of a rearing unit, taking day old chicks to 16 weeks, his key responsibilities are ensuring the appropriate vaccination regime is implemented, careful observation of the flock’s progress, monitoring and adjusting feed and lighting regimes, to match the development needs of the birds.

Ben enjoys the independence of the job as well as the excellent support from the Wot a Pullet team. “Our mission is to give the birds the best possible start. Each flock is different, and the birds develop really quickly. It requires a keen eye for detail to ensure we deliver uniform pullets which are consistently above body weight.”

Daniel Chitauro

Now managing our rearing unit at Barmby Moor Farm, Daniel began his career as a vet in Zimbabwe, before moving to South Africa and then settling in the UK. It’s been quite a journey, but with a lifelong involvement in poultry he is well qualified to provide our producers with outstanding pullets.

Daniel Graduated in Veterinary Science in Zimbabwe in 1991. For his final year project, he chose to study backyard flocks. After collecting and testing blood samples he was able to profile common backyard diseases, and his project was published as a scientific paper in a specialist journal.

Daniel joined Country Bird Holdings, Africa’s leading fully integrated poultry producer, then moving to South Africa with CBH subsidiary, Ross Africa, in 2004. When his wife moved to England, Daniel stayed in South Africa until their son finished his education, graduating in Animal Science.

Finally, in August 2023 Daniel re-joined his wife in the UK and after seeing an advertisement for a Rearing Farm Manager, he joined Wot a Pullet.

With an obvious passion for poultry, Daniel enjoys his role in supporting the flocks as they develop quickly from tiny day-old chicks to fully feathered adults.

“I have previously worked as a vet on rearing farms, but now I am on the other side of the fence” he says “There is a difference between visiting flocks as a vet for a few hours, and being the full-time hands-on farm manager. Caring for the flock every day as means developing a wide range of skills!”