Pou 2-2 (3-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 7, 2007, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Sharyn Lavender at (202) 720-3244, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Down Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 216 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 3, 2007. This was down slightly 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 174 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 3, 2007. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through March 3, 2007 were 1.55 billion, down 1 percent 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 27 : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 3 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 30,640 *30,397 *30,853 30,912 *30,731 30,944 AR : 27,758 27,525 27,822 27,995 *27,872 28,089 DE : 3,840 3,852 3,995 3,993 3,994 4,021 FL : 1,369 1,369 1,363 1,362 1,365 1,366 GA : 34,597 35,107 *35,263 35,777 35,637 35,732 KY : 7,770 *7,765 7,757 7,592 7,607 7,666 LA : 3,695 3,711 3,740 3,833 3,802 3,786 MD : 8,729 8,078 8,781 8,822 8,743 8,958 MS : 18,529 18,816 19,044 19,195 19,044 19,135 NC : 18,619 18,566 *18,430 19,072 18,708 19,624 OK : 6,508 6,553 6,472 6,526 6,542 6,684 PA : 3,679 3,929 3,672 *4,000 *3,914 3,839 SC : 5,361 5,493 5,308 5,499 *5,452 5,616 TX : *13,872 *14,455 *14,627 *14,682 *14,639 14,639 VA : 5,879 6,177 6,146 6,116 6,179 6,184 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,391 19,779 19,446 *19,486 *20,122 20,008 : 19 State Total :*210,236 *211,572 *212,719 *214,862 *214,351 216,291 : Previous Year Total : 214,147 212,810 212,616 215,181 216,954 216,951 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 98 99 100 100 99 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 27 : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 3 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,604 20,315 19,693 20,150 *20,504 20,640 AR : 23,381 24,410 23,244 24,192 *23,169 22,890 DE : 5,457 5,550 4,576 5,643 4,190 4,407 FL : 1,447 1,745 1,559 1,595 1,592 1,736 GA : 28,590 27,628 *28,359 28,819 *28,793 28,796 KY : 6,501 6,512 6,734 6,277 *6,099 5,844 LA : 3,310 3,410 3,548 3,597 3,592 3,890 MD : 5,214 5,124 5,946 5,185 5,778 5,890 MS : 15,965 16,089 16,442 16,907 16,956 17,131 NC : 15,525 15,314 14,914 15,834 15,494 15,638 OK : 5,635 4,381 4,814 4,667 *5,252 5,100 PA : 2,994 2,908 2,865 *2,681 *2,852 2,854 SC : 4,425 5,508 5,260 4,165 *4,303 4,185 TX : 11,931 12,157 *11,828 *11,552 *11,967 12,182 VA : 4,802 4,900 4,985 4,725 *5,011 5,125 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *15,861 *16,038 *16,062 *15,631 *17,130 17,251 : 19 State Total :*171,642 *171,989 *170,829 *171,620 *172,682 173,559 : Previous Year Total : 174,755 174,471 176,021 174,381 173,142 173,663 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 98 99 97 98 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised