HDR1012000150090118951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090118951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released January 18, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 5 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set 160 million eggs during the week ending January 14, 1995. This was 5 percent above the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Up 6 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 130 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 14, 1995. Placements were up 6 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through January 14, 1995, were 1.39 billion, 5 percent above the 1.33 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. * * * * * * * * Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 22070. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on January 25, 1995. For information call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Pou 2-2 (1-95) HDR2012000150090118951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 10 : Dec 17 : Dec 24 : Dec 31 : Jan 7 : Jan 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,072 25,328 24,626 25,696 *25,700 25,547 AR : 27,879 28,279 *28,397 28,146 28,252 28,097 DE : 4,260 4,115 4,886 4,616 4,663 4,670 FL : 2,618 2,557 2,548 2,537 2,588 2,521 GA : 26,004 26,349 26,113 *25,904 *26,335 26,121 MD : 9,906 9,803 9,924 9,922 *9,882 9,834 MS : 15,027 14,965 14,919 14,996 14,937 14,772 NC : 16,532 16,629 16,774 16,986 16,772 16,761 PA : 3,203 3,329 3,082 2,868 3,128 3,132 SC : 4,127 3,900 4,123 4,130 4,072 4,107 TX : 10,506 10,509 *10,080 10,056 *10,535 10,458 VA : 5,106 5,083 5,137 5,200 5,212 5,220 CA, TN, & WV : 9,596 8,962 *9,478 9,045 9,618 9,042 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 159,836 159,808 *160,087 *160,102 *161,694 160,282 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 154,554 152,611 155,091 154,875 154,535 152,813 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 105 103 103 105 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090118951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 10 : Dec 17 : Dec 24 : Dec 31 : Jan 7 : Jan 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,292 17,899 19,314 18,396 18,634 18,856 AR : 22,312 22,380 21,503 22,646 22,422 22,611 DE : 5,880 6,230 5,437 4,713 *5,049 5,871 FL : 2,681 3,058 2,770 2,810 2,189 2,371 GA : 20,641 21,771 21,192 21,102 *21,141 20,733 MD : 5,841 5,449 6,264 6,594 *6,256 6,020 MS : 12,719 13,345 13,221 13,260 13,012 12,638 NC : 13,394 13,704 13,861 13,537 13,452 13,403 PA : 2,404 2,369 2,400 2,394 2,414 2,368 SC : 3,380 3,104 2,981 3,266 *3,086 3,253 TX : 7,876 7,794 7,743 7,886 7,719 7,482 VA : 5,135 5,106 5,348 4,953 5,270 5,071 CA, TN, & WV : *8,923 *8,738 *8,874 *9,449 9,390 9,068 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*129,478 *130,947 *130,908 *131,006 *130,034 129,745 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 123,847 124,323 123,096 123,158 121,688 122,417 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 105 106 106 107 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised. 1/ Previous year except January. 2