Pou 2-2 (4-06) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released April 19, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Jody Roberts at (202) 690-8632, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Down 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 214 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 15, 2006. This was down 1 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 Down 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 172 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 15, 2006. Placements were down 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 1, 2006 through April 15, 2006 were 2.62 billion, down slightly from 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, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161. Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 11 : Mar 18 : Mar 25 : Apr 1 : Apr 8 : Apr 15 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,827 31,629 *31,906 *30,835 *31,781 31,147 AR : 31,376 30,561 *29,754 30,034 *31,066 30,364 DE : 3,742 3,781 3,620 3,519 3,583 3,466 FL : 1,369 1,344 1,364 1,366 1,344 1,344 GA : 34,980 34,004 34,822 35,004 34,747 35,257 KY : 6,984 *6,715 *7,160 *7,262 *7,436 7,339 LA : 4,136 4,136 3,756 4,058 4,136 4,136 MD : 8,980 8,964 8,632 8,870 8,924 8,842 MS : 18,439 18,326 18,528 18,393 18,285 18,004 NC : 18,936 18,366 *18,010 18,684 18,633 18,619 OK : 6,657 6,698 6,659 6,367 6,666 6,650 PA : 4,118 *4,191 *3,809 *4,186 *4,271 4,349 SC : 5,425 5,171 5,382 5,027 5,120 4,959 TX : 15,187 15,192 13,466 15,074 15,073 15,059 VA : 6,644 6,607 6,561 6,563 6,503 6,552 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,968 17,870 17,785 18,283 *18,328 18,167 : 19 State Total : 216,768 *213,555 *211,214 *213,525 *215,896 214,254 : Previous Year Total : 213,658 213,175 213,028 212,503 217,115 215,452 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 101 100 99 100 99 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Mar 11 : Mar 18 : Mar 25 : Apr 1 : Apr 8 : Apr 15 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,608 22,039 21,700 *21,811 *21,367 21,426 AR : 23,761 25,114 25,367 24,238 24,090 22,954 DE : 6,049 5,319 6,002 6,235 5,680 4,681 FL : 1,451 1,541 1,536 1,471 1,304 1,531 GA : 28,060 27,986 *28,485 *27,909 *26,625 27,919 KY : 6,435 5,815 *5,862 *6,011 *5,640 6,263 LA : 4,048 3,830 3,831 4,149 3,912 3,811 MD : 4,949 5,091 4,852 4,820 5,414 5,560 MS : 16,272 16,514 16,428 16,490 16,414 16,394 NC : 15,577 15,839 15,323 15,606 15,030 14,815 OK : 5,205 4,186 5,095 5,319 5,313 5,683 PA : 2,730 *2,992 *2,913 *2,963 *2,980 2,668 SC : 4,611 4,721 4,849 4,497 *5,378 4,582 TX : 12,888 13,073 13,103 13,058 12,971 11,458 VA : 5,110 5,646 5,098 4,916 4,916 5,462 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,047 17,690 16,549 17,518 *17,037 16,611 : 19 State Total : 175,801 *177,396 *176,993 *177,011 *174,071 171,818 : Previous Year Total : 176,904 177,582 178,178 177,165 176,158 176,765 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 100 99 100 99 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised