HDR1012000150090215951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090215951500BROILER EGGS SET & CHICKS PLACED WEEKLY BROILERS Released February 15, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set 160 million eggs during the week ending February 11, 1995. This was 2 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 8 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 130 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 11, 1995. Placements were up 8 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through February 11, 1995, were 1.91 billion, 6 percent above the 1.81 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 February 22, 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 (2-95) Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 7 : Jan 14 : Jan 21 : Jan 28 : Feb 4 : Feb 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,742 25,547 25,210 25,234 25,418 25,179 AR : 28,207 27,996 *28,386 *28,476 *27,951 28,420 DE : 4,663 4,670 4,662 4,489 4,240 4,662 FL : 2,588 2,521 2,515 2,510 2,516 2,473 GA : 26,474 26,410 *26,470 26,196 *25,837 25,610 MD : 8,672 8,624 8,525 8,579 7,951 8,204 MS : 14,937 14,772 14,890 14,754 14,652 14,541 NC : *16,770 *16,859 *16,850 16,968 15,727 16,539 PA : 3,128 3,132 3,179 3,096 2,839 3,050 SC : 4,072 4,107 4,227 4,302 4,271 4,354 TX : 10,535 10,537 10,528 10,227 9,556 10,672 VA : 6,422 6,430 6,450 6,455 6,451 6,471 CA, TN, & WV : 9,643 9,067 8,696 9,172 8,339 9,474 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*161,853 *160,672 *160,588 *160,458 *155,748 159,649 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 154,535 152,813 150,465 152,959 154,538 156,358 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 105 107 105 101 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 7 : Jan 14 : Jan 21 : Jan 28 : Feb 4 : Feb 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,634 18,856 18,537 19,550 *18,647 18,600 AR : 22,409 22,601 21,019 *22,094 *21,305 21,573 DE : 5,049 5,871 5,473 5,067 5,574 5,768 FL : 2,432 2,371 3,015 2,566 2,608 2,697 GA : 21,141 20,724 21,392 21,496 *21,378 21,783 MD : 6,256 6,020 6,055 6,585 5,843 5,732 MS : 13,012 12,638 13,298 13,261 13,192 13,245 NC : 13,452 13,403 13,384 13,426 13,718 13,826 PA : 2,414 2,368 2,460 2,349 2,391 2,453 SC : 3,086 3,253 3,351 3,159 3,268 2,971 TX : 7,719 7,491 7,658 7,841 7,858 7,765 VA : 5,270 5,071 5,349 5,514 5,343 5,175 CA, TN, & WV : 9,408 9,085 9,245 9,044 *9,284 8,410 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 130,282 129,752 130,236 *131,952 *130,409 129,998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 121,688 122,417 123,099 122,611 121,755 120,301 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 107 106 106 108 107 108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised.