Pou 2-2 (3-10) Broiler Hatchery Washington, D.C. Released March 24, 2010, 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 4 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 208 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 20, 2010. 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 Down Slightly Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 170 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 20, 2010. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through March 20, 2010 were 1.84 billion, down slightly 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 :----------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 13 : Feb 20 : Feb 27 : Mar 6 : Mar 13 : Mar 20 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 29,791 30,080 *30,104 30,030 29,667 30,564 AR : 24,504 23,906 *24,327 24,439 *22,958 23,762 DE : 3,269 3,266 3,264 3,193 3,782 3,615 FL : 1,352 1,376 1,385 1,338 1,303 1,316 GA : 31,630 31,902 *31,520 31,594 31,691 31,701 KY : 7,493 7,830 *7,775 7,655 7,710 7,995 LA : 3,392 3,470 3,470 3,470 3,440 3,500 MD : 8,904 9,069 9,106 9,062 8,856 9,141 MS : 19,380 19,258 19,465 19,349 19,156 19,503 NC : 18,737 19,134 *18,768 18,772 18,901 18,559 OK : 6,807 6,727 *6,658 6,879 *7,113 7,233 PA : 3,620 3,693 3,698 3,692 *3,839 3,647 SC : 5,515 5,675 5,977 5,643 5,640 6,048 TX : 15,968 16,145 15,807 15,448 15,566 15,541 VA : 6,490 6,435 6,427 6,549 6,543 6,412 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 18,882 *19,007 *19,610 *19,430 *19,498 19,236 : 19 State Total : 205,734 *206,973 *207,361 *206,543 *205,663 207,773 : Previous Year Total : 202,817 204,603 206,753 202,111 203,072 200,382 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 101 101 100 102 101 104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Feb 13 : Feb 20 : Feb 27 : Mar 6 : Mar 13 : Mar 20 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,296 20,884 20,739 20,883 21,449 20,750 AR : 20,798 21,265 20,773 22,446 *21,477 21,698 DE : 4,512 3,911 5,629 3,625 4,581 4,994 FL : 1,029 1,104 1,040 1,037 1,030 1,029 GA : 26,329 25,852 26,205 25,847 25,946 26,433 KY : 6,299 6,158 6,120 6,033 *6,450 6,070 LA : 2,929 3,014 3,049 3,032 3,021 3,043 MD : 5,800 5,808 5,316 6,589 6,115 6,069 MS : 16,259 16,617 16,897 17,174 16,809 16,891 NC : 14,868 15,010 15,411 15,299 15,790 15,610 OK : 4,557 4,863 4,505 3,172 4,658 4,417 PA : 2,932 2,646 2,609 2,854 *3,023 3,000 SC : 4,952 4,982 5,071 5,156 4,841 4,810 TX : 12,245 12,966 13,173 13,249 13,376 13,204 VA : 4,731 4,948 4,561 5,751 5,212 5,052 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,095 *15,833 17,185 *16,882 *16,379 17,040 : 19 State Total : 164,631 *165,861 168,283 *169,029 *170,157 170,110 : Previous Year Total : 167,039 163,431 166,495 167,577 169,505 170,633 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 99 101 101 101 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised