Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 3, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 8 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 198 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 30, 2010. This was up 8 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-Type Chicks Placed Up 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 166 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 30, 2010. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through October 30, 2010 were 7.30 billion, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 25,: October 2, : October 9, : October 16, : October 23, : October 30, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,292 28,544 29,030 28,620 29,381 27,729 Arkansas .....................: 24,039 22,821 23,285 23,350 22,462 22,088 Delaware .....................: 4,044 3,952 3,862 3,336 4,046 3,782 Florida ......................: 1,360 1,358 1,358 1,095 1,220 1,356 Georgia ......................: 32,314 30,322 31,686 30,223 30,733 30,905 Kentucky .....................: 8,197 7,373 7,421 7,455 7,952 7,768 Louisiana ....................: 3,456 3,098 3,440 3,424 3,098 3,254 Maryland .....................: 7,232 7,450 7,514 7,148 6,910 7,740 Mississippi ..................: 18,049 17,418 17,970 18,527 18,152 17,584 North Carolina ...............: 19,762 19,203 18,196 18,831 19,807 19,894 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,583 6,336 6,533 6,306 6,795 6,833 Pennsylvania .................: 3,763 3,694 3,622 3,718 3,513 3,680 South Carolina ...............: 6,021 5,202 5,189 5,323 5,551 5,723 Texas ........................: 15,184 15,474 15,771 14,343 14,791 15,087 Virginia .....................: 6,195 5,769 6,073 6,229 6,366 6,188 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,624 18,424 19,203 17,960 18,358 18,594 : 19 State total ...............: 205,115 196,438 200,153 195,888 199,135 198,205 : Previous year total ..........: 193,476 183,016 190,600 186,101 188,815 182,901 : Percent of previous year .....: 106 107 105 105 105 108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 25,: October 2, : October 9, : October 16, : October 23, : October 30, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,250 20,019 19,989 20,902 20,340 20,051 Arkansas .....................: 21,175 20,861 21,101 20,826 19,788 21,510 Delaware .....................: 5,136 4,565 4,668 4,837 4,289 4,635 Florida ......................: 1,092 1,172 1,105 1,149 1,101 1,217 Georgia ......................: 27,731 27,586 24,744 28,139 24,565 26,875 Kentucky .....................: 6,767 6,984 5,899 7,125 5,209 6,735 Louisiana ....................: 2,974 2,775 3,039 3,053 2,748 2,874 Maryland .....................: 5,237 6,244 5,542 6,642 6,718 6,466 Mississippi ..................: 15,031 16,424 16,017 15,492 14,580 15,385 North Carolina ...............: 14,320 14,315 14,585 14,715 15,001 14,087 : Oklahoma .....................: 3,321 4,993 4,016 4,488 4,712 4,075 Pennsylvania .................: 3,119 3,048 2,908 2,958 2,938 2,945 South Carolina ...............: 4,885 5,040 4,705 4,803 5,376 4,258 Texas ........................: 13,508 13,838 11,942 12,916 13,206 13,556 Virginia .....................: 5,149 4,863 5,436 4,698 4,591 4,662 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 16,652 16,619 16,561 16,402 16,365 16,385 : 19 State total ...............: 167,347 169,346 162,257 169,145 161,527 165,716 : Previous year total ..........: 162,040 160,413 155,860 160,297 150,963 158,070 : Percent of previous year .....: 103 106 104 106 107 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected from all known chicken hatcheries within the 19 States. The 19 States account for approximately 97 percent of the broilers produced on an annual basis. Individual NASS field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries and update their lists on a continual basis. All known hatcheries within the 19 States respond via fax. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone. Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. All hatcheries are accounted for in the estimates. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Individual hatchery data are summed to State and 19 State totals. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data. 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