HDR1012000150090531951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090531951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 166 million eggs during the week ending May 27, 1995. This was up 2 percent from 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 4 Percent Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 134 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 27, 1995. Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through May 27, 1995, were 3.91 billion, 5 percent above the 3.72 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 June 7, 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 (5-95) HDR2012000150090531951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 22 : Apr 29 : May 6 : May 13 : May 20 : May 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,441 25,239 24,766 25,014 25,298 25,305 AR : 28,529 28,834 *28,576 28,816 *29,165 28,996 DE : 4,659 4,337 4,726 4,728 4,722 4,740 FL : 3,047 2,985 3,043 2,942 2,989 2,975 GA : 27,104 27,797 *27,304 26,458 27,106 27,133 MD : 8,775 8,584 8,622 8,673 8,714 8,677 MS : 15,042 15,226 15,053 14,963 15,890 15,041 NC : 18,345 17,161 18,203 17,850 17,973 17,812 PA : 3,041 3,214 3,316 3,474 *3,220 3,254 SC : 4,275 4,273 4,243 4,235 4,234 4,211 TX : 11,096 11,101 11,269 11,174 11,228 11,101 VA : 6,474 6,459 6,528 6,471 6,584 6,507 CA, TN, & WV : 9,679 9,263 *9,417 9,911 10,133 9,874 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 165,507 164,473 *165,066 164,709 *167,256 165,626 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 161,378 159,106 160,706 161,920 162,921 163,036 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 103 102 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090531951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Apr 22 : Apr 29 : May 6 : May 13 : May 20 : May 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 18,089 19,052 18,534 18,948 18,151 17,776 AR : 22,259 23,426 22,868 22,300 *22,447 22,523 DE : 5,420 5,421 5,509 6,390 4,530 5,330 FL : 2,960 2,861 2,859 2,776 3,066 3,179 GA : 22,520 22,368 22,461 21,965 *22,716 22,635 MD : 6,601 6,461 6,394 5,310 6,441 6,030 MS : 13,302 13,074 12,592 13,089 13,295 13,251 NC : 14,789 14,326 14,482 14,683 13,353 14,822 PA : 2,428 2,557 2,681 2,341 *2,352 2,472 SC : 3,130 3,246 3,450 3,207 3,633 2,912 TX : 8,112 8,452 8,410 8,441 8,387 8,452 VA : 5,190 5,594 5,898 5,405 5,381 5,651 CA, TN, & WV : 9,144 9,028 9,730 9,728 9,423 9,231 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total : 133,944 135,866 135,868 134,583 *133,175 134,264 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 127,720 128,692 129,075 129,814 128,500 129,578 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 105 106 105 104 104 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2