Pou 2-2 (3-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 14, 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 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 215 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 10, 2007. 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 175 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 10, 2007. Placements were down 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through March 10, 2007 were 1.72 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 3 : Mar 10 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 30,397 30,853 30,912 30,731 30,944 30,166 AR : 27,525 27,822 27,995 27,872 28,089 28,267 DE : 3,852 3,995 3,993 3,994 4,021 4,047 FL : 1,369 1,363 1,362 1,365 1,366 1,364 GA : 35,107 35,263 35,777 35,637 35,732 35,527 KY : 7,765 *7,758 7,592 7,607 7,666 7,706 LA : 3,711 3,740 3,833 3,802 3,786 3,833 MD : 8,078 8,781 8,822 8,743 8,958 9,019 MS : 18,816 19,044 19,195 19,044 19,135 19,149 NC : 18,566 18,430 *19,102 18,708 19,624 19,538 OK : 6,553 6,472 6,526 6,542 6,684 6,486 PA : 3,929 *3,352 *4,104 *3,890 *4,007 3,911 SC : 5,493 5,308 5,499 5,452 *5,624 5,383 TX : 14,455 14,627 *14,576 14,639 14,639 14,935 VA : 6,177 6,146 6,116 6,179 *6,168 6,203 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *19,824 *19,500 *19,527 *20,164 *20,238 19,681 : 19 State Total :*211,617 *212,454 *214,931 *214,369 *216,681 215,215 : Previous Year Total : 212,810 212,616 215,181 216,954 216,951 216,768 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 100 100 99 100 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 3 : Feb 10 : Feb 17 : Feb 24 : Mar 3 : Mar 10 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,315 19,693 20,150 20,504 20,640 20,491 AR : 24,410 23,244 24,192 23,169 22,890 22,932 DE : 5,550 4,576 5,643 4,190 4,407 3,826 FL : 1,745 1,559 1,595 1,592 1,736 1,406 GA : 27,628 28,359 28,819 28,793 *28,851 28,804 KY : *6,446 *6,669 *6,212 *6,034 *5,828 6,561 LA : 3,410 3,548 3,597 3,592 3,890 3,454 MD : 5,124 5,946 5,185 5,778 5,890 7,029 MS : 16,089 16,442 16,907 16,956 17,131 17,352 NC : 15,314 14,914 15,834 15,494 15,638 15,852 OK : 4,381 4,814 4,667 5,252 5,100 5,417 PA : 2,908 2,865 *2,705 *2,824 *2,618 2,968 SC : 5,508 5,260 4,165 4,303 *4,200 4,792 TX : 12,157 11,828 11,552 11,967 12,182 12,228 VA : 4,900 4,985 4,725 5,011 *5,122 4,819 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *16,068 *16,096 *15,661 *17,170 *17,421 16,813 : 19 State Total :*171,953 *170,798 *171,609 *172,629 *173,544 174,744 : Previous Year Total : 174,471 176,021 174,381 173,142 173,663 175,801 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 97 98 100 100 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised