Pou 2-2 (10-09) Broiler Hatchery Washington, D.C. Released October 14, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Troy Marshall 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 3 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 190 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 10, 2009. This was down 3 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 156 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 10, 2009. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 28, 2008 through October 10, 2009 were 6.86 billion, down 5 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 5 : Sep 12 : Sep 19 : Sep 26 : Oct 3 : Oct 10 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 27,783 27,143 *27,358 27,963 25,677 26,854 AR : 22,808 23,018 *22,411 *21,665 21,463 21,292 DE : 3,478 3,289 3,218 3,376 *2,942 3,276 FL : 909 900 902 1,144 1,331 1,330 GA : 31,504 30,922 29,307 31,291 28,553 29,935 KY : 7,193 7,504 *6,660 7,744 6,852 7,439 LA : *3,316 3,394 3,379 *3,440 *2,751 3,304 MD : 8,132 8,180 7,786 8,621 8,172 8,440 MS : 17,144 17,872 17,563 15,581 16,789 17,095 NC : 17,636 16,519 *16,825 17,632 17,771 15,373 OK : 6,581 6,565 *6,773 6,245 *6,842 7,086 PA : 4,020 3,890 3,626 3,681 *3,980 3,849 SC : 5,274 5,783 5,487 5,539 5,032 5,799 TX : *14,599 *14,115 *13,593 *13,819 *13,077 14,168 VA : 6,111 5,918 5,792 6,005 5,754 6,041 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 18,395 17,618 *17,235 *17,790 *17,287 18,375 : 19 State Total :*194,883 *192,630 *187,915 *191,536 *184,273 189,656 : Previous Year Total : 201,630 197,833 193,569 198,742 188,431 194,566 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 97 97 97 96 98 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Sep 5 : Sep 12 : Sep 19 : Sep 26 : Oct 3 : Oct 10 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,875 19,669 20,598 19,960 19,588 19,470 AR : 20,538 21,575 20,898 *19,863 21,121 19,434 DE : 4,291 5,153 4,335 4,763 4,715 3,882 FL : 650 648 661 669 664 700 GA : 27,066 26,849 *26,529 26,461 25,985 24,510 KY : *6,613 *6,621 *6,529 *6,383 *6,228 4,992 LA : 3,016 2,953 *2,889 2,892 2,982 2,953 MD : 6,024 5,256 6,387 5,824 4,950 5,198 MS : 16,113 15,799 15,456 14,724 15,549 15,276 NC : 15,434 15,496 15,330 14,328 13,975 14,253 OK : 4,401 4,824 4,934 4,915 4,560 5,202 PA : 2,981 2,983 3,285 3,173 *3,134 2,905 SC : 4,715 4,591 4,974 4,482 4,311 4,234 TX : *13,096 *12,864 *12,692 *12,755 *12,475 12,011 VA : 5,552 5,172 4,653 4,456 5,109 5,001 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 15,258 15,273 *15,718 *15,802 *14,599 16,145 : 19 State Total :*166,623 *165,726 *165,868 *161,450 *159,945 156,166 : Previous Year Total : 170,363 170,671 168,148 165,813 162,480 160,080 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 98 97 99 97 98 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised