Pou 2-2 (9-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released September 19, 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 Up 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 207 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 15, 2007. 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 177 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 15, 2007. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through September 15, 2007 were 6.54 billion, up 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 11 : Aug 18 : Aug 25 : Sep 1 : Sep 8 : Sep 15 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 32,236 32,061 *31,632 31,432 30,964 31,327 AR : 28,414 28,305 28,234 28,271 27,155 26,429 DE : 4,169 4,186 3,958 3,974 3,954 3,982 FL : 1,342 1,344 1,366 1,344 1,344 1,344 GA : 35,928 35,726 35,676 36,031 34,273 34,299 KY : *7,767 *7,815 *7,670 7,616 7,214 7,505 LA : 4,014 4,044 4,044 4,038 *4,029 3,999 MD : 8,752 8,823 8,624 8,360 8,500 7,984 MS : 18,726 18,656 17,771 17,633 18,093 17,881 NC : 19,713 19,074 *19,713 19,341 17,926 19,068 OK : 6,574 6,627 6,780 6,720 6,749 6,049 PA : 4,232 4,341 *4,484 *4,397 *4,108 4,275 SC : 5,743 5,554 5,592 5,370 5,390 5,547 TX : 14,741 15,027 14,995 14,970 *14,583 13,224 VA : 6,249 6,245 6,349 6,290 6,211 5,810 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,083 19,065 19,254 19,438 *18,854 18,195 : 19 State Total :*217,683 *216,893 *216,142 *215,225 *209,347 206,918 : Previous Year Total : 212,573 212,830 213,141 211,613 204,137 202,441 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 102 101 102 103 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Aug 11 : Aug 18 : Aug 25 : Sep 1 : Sep 8 : Sep 15 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,401 21,217 21,361 *21,584 *20,757 20,960 AR : 24,226 23,964 24,673 24,551 23,745 24,169 DE : 4,464 5,130 5,224 4,937 4,874 4,960 FL : 1,419 1,461 1,374 1,474 1,354 1,343 GA : 29,154 29,268 30,272 28,900 *29,267 29,387 KY : 6,874 6,388 6,032 *6,132 *6,452 5,840 LA : 3,900 3,618 3,835 3,865 3,979 3,905 MD : 6,908 5,326 5,575 5,860 6,109 5,666 MS : 16,978 16,920 17,090 17,079 16,947 16,238 NC : 16,073 16,428 16,123 16,300 15,934 16,414 OK : 4,173 4,918 4,205 4,521 4,897 5,383 PA : 3,051 *3,067 *2,794 *3,018 *3,225 3,266 SC : 5,657 5,076 4,430 4,830 *4,382 4,512 TX : 12,913 12,834 12,020 12,345 12,486 12,385 VA : 4,584 4,820 5,080 4,916 5,271 5,353 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,835 17,994 17,334 17,144 *17,153 16,972 : 19 State Total : 178,610 *178,429 *177,422 *177,456 *176,832 176,753 : Previous Year Total : 175,423 175,536 174,052 173,686 174,016 174,374 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 102 102 102 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised