Pou 2-2 (12-09) Broiler Hatchery Washington, D.C. Released December 30, 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 Up 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 204 million eggs in incubators during the week ending December 26, 2009. This was up 1 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 Up Slightly Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 166 million chicks for meat production during the week ending December 26, 2009. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 28, 2008 through December 26, 2009 were 8.62 billion, down 4 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, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria VA 22312. Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 21 : Nov 28 : Dec 5 : Dec 12 : Dec 19 : Dec 26 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 28,480 28,719 29,465 29,548 29,459 29,859 AR : 23,732 24,268 *23,143 23,852 *24,446 24,140 DE : 3,781 3,366 3,102 3,377 3,425 3,438 FL : 1,329 1,329 1,329 1,327 1,297 1,296 GA : 30,497 31,283 31,043 31,544 31,147 31,202 KY : 7,909 *8,080 *7,828 8,005 7,998 8,026 LA : 3,440 3,304 3,424 3,349 3,349 3,379 MD : 8,711 8,698 8,922 8,918 9,006 8,960 MS : 18,511 18,620 *18,638 18,780 18,882 18,735 NC : 18,986 19,214 *18,294 18,823 18,909 18,759 OK : 7,082 7,210 *6,790 6,930 *7,165 7,149 PA : 3,830 3,857 3,614 4,096 *3,771 3,841 SC : 5,375 5,613 5,685 5,589 5,825 5,814 TX : 15,681 15,694 15,302 15,689 15,273 15,395 VA : 6,222 6,201 6,193 5,968 6,114 6,224 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *18,302 *17,237 *18,213 *19,368 *18,483 17,856 : 19 State Total :*201,868 *202,693 *200,985 *205,163 *204,549 204,073 : Previous Year Total : 203,681 204,719 200,741 205,041 203,388 202,493 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 99 100 100 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Nov 21 : Nov 28 : Dec 5 : Dec 12 : Dec 19 : Dec 26 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 : 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 18,285 18,215 21,077 20,232 20,436 21,064 AR : 20,045 19,658 21,571 21,515 *21,151 21,425 DE : 3,924 4,871 4,961 4,097 4,836 4,589 FL : 1,021 1,017 821 1,010 1,015 999 GA : 22,950 24,256 25,026 25,688 26,389 25,996 KY : 6,118 6,430 6,290 6,069 6,250 6,475 LA : 2,594 2,687 2,969 3,075 3,022 3,066 MD : 5,927 5,870 5,385 6,828 6,024 5,390 MS : 13,563 15,374 15,785 15,903 16,187 16,031 NC : 14,690 15,281 15,379 15,505 *15,695 15,156 OK : 3,587 5,392 4,322 3,869 5,228 3,865 PA : 2,951 2,833 3,185 3,037 *3,091 2,921 SC : 4,441 4,726 5,199 4,586 4,656 5,099 TX : 12,188 13,330 13,414 13,631 13,575 13,204 VA : 4,856 4,173 4,973 5,065 4,966 5,459 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *14,054 *14,333 *15,961 *16,838 *15,872 15,644 : 19 State Total :*151,194 *158,446 *166,318 *166,948 *168,393 166,383 : Previous Year Total : 152,410 159,463 166,189 167,904 168,272 166,152 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 99 100 99 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised