Pou 2-2 (1-08) Broiler Hatchery National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 3, 2008, 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 220 million eggs in incubators during the week ending December 29, 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 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 176 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 29, 2007. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through December 29, 2007 were 9.14 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 24 : Dec 1 : Dec 8 : Dec 15 : Dec 22 : Dec 29 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 32,525 32,854 *32,496 *31,823 *31,941 32,174 AR : 28,940 28,947 27,993 27,866 *28,034 28,473 DE : 4,161 4,163 4,159 4,159 4,133 4,156 FL : 1,344 1,362 1,343 1,344 1,339 1,339 GA : 36,119 36,181 *35,200 36,213 *36,034 36,366 KY : *7,642 *8,029 *7,346 7,691 *7,813 7,565 LA : 3,924 3,877 3,923 3,846 3,877 3,877 MD : 8,715 8,821 8,707 8,669 9,015 9,008 MS : 18,478 19,151 18,720 18,924 19,075 18,861 NC : 19,379 19,696 *19,249 19,624 *19,724 19,961 OK : 6,634 6,709 6,013 6,560 6,597 6,630 PA : 4,374 4,364 4,136 *3,977 *4,277 4,232 SC : 5,610 5,690 *5,387 5,607 5,669 5,457 TX : 15,426 15,390 15,315 14,733 15,467 15,468 VA : 6,372 6,353 6,239 6,226 6,207 6,225 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *20,157 20,494 18,388 *20,310 *19,949 19,736 : 19 State Total :*219,800 *222,081 *214,614 *217,572 *219,151 219,528 : Previous Year Total : 211,184 212,782 207,215 211,893 209,627 211,375 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 104 104 104 103 105 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 24 : Dec 1 : Dec 8 : Dec 15 : Dec 22 : Dec 29 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 19,202 20,717 20,549 *21,911 *21,980 21,722 AR : 21,474 *24,092 *25,051 *26,043 *24,253 24,616 DE : 4,766 4,959 5,061 5,343 4,482 4,539 FL : 1,304 1,291 1,341 1,313 1,367 1,307 GA : 27,515 28,675 29,179 *29,665 *29,276 28,592 KY : 4,786 5,984 6,131 *6,336 *6,798 6,298 LA : 3,726 4,114 3,864 3,586 4,031 3,480 MD : 6,354 6,224 5,666 5,489 6,255 6,534 MS : 16,158 17,201 16,461 17,081 17,284 17,003 NC : 16,367 16,522 16,218 16,335 *16,388 16,201 OK : 5,279 4,147 4,308 3,797 4,515 4,672 PA : 3,150 3,168 3,265 *3,201 *3,279 3,125 SC : 4,316 4,764 4,985 4,363 4,959 4,628 TX : 12,690 13,043 12,135 12,865 12,833 12,750 VA : 4,819 4,967 4,862 5,206 *5,344 5,395 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,093 18,064 17,584 16,927 *16,788 15,572 : 19 State Total : 168,999 *177,932 *176,660 *179,461 *179,832 176,434 : Previous Year Total : 162,192 168,076 171,423 172,412 173,573 168,485 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 104 106 103 104 104 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised