HDR1012000150090329951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090329951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released March 29, 1995, by the Agricultural Statistics Board. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set 163 million eggs during the week ending March 25, 1995. This was up 4 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 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 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 25, 1995. Placements were up 6 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through March 25, 1995, were 2.70 billion, 5 percent above the 2.56 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 April 5, 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 (3-95) HDR2012000150090329951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 18 : Feb 25 : Mar 4 : Mar 11 : Mar 18 : Mar 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,677 25,628 *25,566 25,375 25,718 25,807 AR : 28,093 28,450 28,644 29,033 28,741 27,989 DE : 4,665 4,665 4,686 4,713 4,552 4,502 FL : 2,584 2,565 2,583 2,587 2,578 2,531 GA : 26,150 26,787 26,928 *26,906 *26,721 27,982 MD : 8,842 8,690 8,747 8,817 *8,818 8,706 MS : 14,755 14,794 14,968 15,089 14,998 14,566 NC : 17,432 17,419 17,514 17,492 17,985 17,234 PA : 3,158 3,322 3,211 3,125 *3,201 3,074 SC : 4,351 4,366 4,362 4,338 4,145 4,248 TX : 10,809 10,766 10,933 10,994 10,981 10,948 VA : 6,478 6,447 6,525 6,511 6,511 6,313 CA, TN, & WV : 9,683 9,451 9,574 9,864 9,886 9,529 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 162,677 163,350 *164,241 *164,844 *164,835 163,429 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 156,261 157,780 157,660 158,323 158,683 157,181 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 104 104 104 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090329951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 18 : Feb 25 : Mar 4 : Mar 11 : Mar 18 : Mar 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,196 18,659 18,339 18,597 19,251 18,901 AR : 22,741 22,589 22,480 21,524 22,979 21,945 DE : 4,745 4,628 5,311 5,813 5,980 5,001 FL : 3,113 2,616 2,851 2,687 2,499 2,729 GA : 21,388 20,900 20,791 *21,199 *21,742 22,158 MD : 6,653 6,173 6,003 5,941 5,800 6,277 MS : 13,208 13,013 11,961 12,545 12,887 13,187 NC : 13,447 13,137 13,311 13,951 14,038 14,234 PA : 2,424 2,272 2,443 2,507 *2,505 2,585 SC : 3,239 3,566 3,298 3,685 3,623 3,477 TX : 7,582 7,202 7,948 8,002 8,079 8,173 VA : 5,557 5,074 5,239 5,283 5,429 5,652 CA, TN, & WV : 8,844 8,440 9,243 9,681 9,239 9,611 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 131,137 128,269 129,218 *131,415 *134,051 133,930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 122,351 123,298 123,984 124,852 126,549 126,865 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 107 104 104 105 106 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2