Pou 2-2 (12-07) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 27, 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 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 219 million eggs in incubators during the week ending December 22, 2007. This was up 4 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 179 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 22, 2007. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through December 22, 2007 were 8.97 billion, up 2 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 17 : Nov 24 : Dec 1 : Dec 8 : Dec 15 : Dec 22 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 32,175 *32,525 *32,854 32,181 *31,820 31,967 AR : 28,849 28,940 28,947 27,993 *27,866 27,717 DE : 4,155 4,161 4,163 *4,159 *4,159 4,133 FL : 1,361 1,344 1,362 1,343 1,344 1,339 GA : 35,774 36,119 36,181 35,206 36,213 35,997 KY : 7,724 7,609 *7,958 7,487 7,691 7,641 LA : 3,924 3,924 3,877 3,923 3,846 3,877 MD : 7,999 8,715 8,821 8,707 8,669 9,015 MS : 18,062 18,478 19,151 18,720 18,924 19,075 NC : 19,230 19,379 *19,696 18,743 19,624 19,697 OK : 6,656 6,634 6,709 6,013 6,560 6,597 PA : 4,339 4,374 4,364 *4,136 4,064 4,315 SC : 5,218 5,610 5,690 5,156 5,607 5,669 TX : 14,433 15,426 15,390 15,315 14,733 15,467 VA : 6,372 6,372 6,353 6,239 6,226 6,207 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 19,863 19,657 20,494 18,388 20,227 19,918 : 19 State Total : 216,134 *219,267 *222,010 *213,709 *217,573 218,631 : Previous Year Total : 211,187 211,184 212,782 207,215 211,893 209,627 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 104 104 103 103 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 17 : Nov 24 : Dec 1 : Dec 8 : Dec 15 : Dec 22 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 19,248 19,202 20,717 20,549 *21,738 21,963 AR : 20,800 21,474 24,712 25,744 *26,266 24,290 DE : 4,910 4,766 4,959 *5,061 *5,343 4,482 FL : 1,126 1,304 1,291 1,341 1,313 1,367 GA : 27,116 27,515 28,675 29,179 29,652 29,296 KY : 5,704 4,786 5,984 6,131 6,318 6,306 LA : 3,876 3,726 4,114 3,864 3,586 4,031 MD : 5,379 6,354 6,224 *5,666 *5,489 6,255 MS : 15,844 16,158 17,201 16,461 17,081 17,284 NC : 15,596 16,367 16,522 16,218 16,335 16,432 OK : 5,070 5,279 4,147 4,308 3,797 4,515 PA : 2,934 3,150 3,168 *3,265 3,223 3,295 SC : 4,618 4,316 4,764 4,985 4,363 4,959 TX : 11,426 12,690 13,043 12,135 12,865 12,833 VA : 4,824 4,819 4,967 4,862 5,206 5,330 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,223 17,093 18,064 17,584 16,927 16,641 : 19 State Total : 164,694 168,999 178,552 *177,353 *179,502 179,279 : Previous Year Total : 156,497 162,192 168,076 171,423 172,412 173,573 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 105 104 106 103 104 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised