Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 10, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 5 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 200 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 6, 2010. This was up 5 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 161 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 6, 2010. Placements were up 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 3, 2010 through November 6, 2010 were 7.46 billion, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 2, : October 9, : October 16, : October 23, : October 30, : November 6, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 28,544 29,030 28,686 29,381 27,729 27,560 Arkansas .....................: 22,821 23,285 23,350 22,462 22,088 23,344 Delaware .....................: 3,952 3,862 3,936 4,046 3,782 4,019 Florida ......................: 1,358 1,358 1,095 1,220 1,356 1,358 Georgia ......................: 30,575 31,939 30,476 30,984 31,618 31,838 Kentucky .....................: 7,431 7,421 7,224 7,952 7,923 7,582 Louisiana ....................: 3,098 3,440 3,424 3,098 3,254 3,319 Maryland .....................: 7,450 7,514 7,148 6,910 7,740 7,623 Mississippi ..................: 17,418 17,970 18,696 18,152 17,584 18,644 North Carolina ...............: 19,203 18,196 18,603 19,807 19,894 19,715 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,336 6,533 6,306 6,795 6,833 6,273 Pennsylvania .................: 3,694 3,622 3,718 3,513 3,621 3,442 South Carolina ...............: 5,202 5,189 5,323 5,551 5,723 5,440 Texas ........................: 15,510 15,807 14,355 14,803 15,099 15,443 Virginia .....................: 5,769 6,073 6,229 6,366 6,188 6,031 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,424 19,203 17,960 18,358 18,709 18,015 : 19 State total ...............: 196,785 200,442 196,529 199,398 199,141 199,646 : Previous year total ..........: 183,016 190,600 186,101 188,815 182,901 190,700 : Percent of previous year .....: 108 105 106 106 109 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 2, : October 9, : October 16, : October 23, : October 30, : November 6, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 20,019 19,989 20,902 20,340 20,051 19,741 Arkansas .....................: 20,861 21,101 20,826 19,788 21,510 20,039 Delaware .....................: 4,565 4,668 4,837 4,289 4,635 4,979 Florida ......................: 1,175 1,105 1,149 1,101 1,217 1,064 Georgia ......................: 27,586 24,744 28,139 24,565 26,876 25,273 Kentucky .....................: 6,984 5,899 7,125 5,209 6,751 5,290 Louisiana ....................: 2,775 3,039 3,053 2,748 2,874 2,947 Maryland .....................: 6,244 5,542 6,642 6,718 6,466 4,825 Mississippi ..................: 16,424 16,017 15,492 14,580 15,385 16,069 North Carolina ...............: 14,315 14,585 14,715 15,001 14,087 14,837 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,993 4,016 4,488 4,712 4,075 4,745 Pennsylvania .................: 3,048 2,908 2,958 2,938 2,893 2,978 South Carolina ...............: 5,040 4,705 4,803 5,376 4,258 4,308 Texas ........................: 13,838 11,971 12,945 13,235 13,585 12,304 Virginia .....................: 4,863 5,436 4,698 4,591 4,662 5,288 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 16,619 16,561 16,402 16,365 16,222 16,730 : 19 State total ...............: 169,349 162,286 169,174 161,556 165,547 161,417 : Previous year total ..........: 160,413 155,860 160,297 150,963 158,070 153,967 : Percent of previous year .....: 106 104 106 107 105 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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