Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 12, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 1 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 204 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 8, 2011. This was up 1 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-Type Chicks Placed Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 169 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 8, 2011. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2010 and 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : December 4, :December 11, :December 18, :December 25, : January 1, : January 8, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,542 30,057 29,996 29,752 29,728 29,004 Arkansas .....................: 23,033 23,223 23,111 22,926 22,983 23,003 Delaware .....................: 4,150 4,181 4,090 4,170 4,013 4,098 Florida ......................: 1,360 1,310 1,236 1,360 1,298 1,307 Georgia ......................: 33,477 33,031 33,500 33,138 32,830 33,086 Kentucky .....................: 7,250 7,554 7,101 7,651 7,411 7,430 Louisiana ....................: 3,395 3,364 3,425 3,410 3,380 3,348 Maryland .....................: 7,291 7,661 7,653 7,581 7,600 7,672 Mississippi ..................: 18,584 18,727 18,801 18,803 18,773 18,789 North Carolina ...............: 19,609 19,228 19,897 20,044 18,828 20,020 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,211 6,307 6,437 6,475 6,509 6,710 Pennsylvania .................: 3,959 4,050 4,044 3,866 3,996 3,943 South Carolina ...............: 5,432 5,587 5,585 5,608 5,683 5,639 Texas ........................: 15,272 15,698 15,745 15,619 15,400 15,531 Virginia .....................: 5,943 5,951 5,655 5,543 5,964 6,000 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,726 19,039 18,881 18,759 19,093 18,783 : 19 State total ...............: 203,234 204,968 205,157 204,705 203,489 204,363 : Previous year total ..........: 201,274 205,271 204,677 203,723 202,676 202,247 : Percent of previous year .....: 101 100 100 100 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2010 and 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : December 4, :December 11, :December 18, :December 25, : January 1, : January 8, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 19,825 20,107 21,106 21,089 21,201 20,940 Arkansas .....................: 20,162 21,159 20,876 20,587 21,309 20,616 Delaware .....................: 4,967 5,663 4,452 3,770 5,387 4,938 Florida ......................: 1,219 1,207 1,183 1,253 1,135 1,182 Georgia ......................: 27,178 27,160 27,679 26,934 27,583 27,835 Kentucky .....................: 5,981 6,624 6,355 5,843 5,740 5,632 Louisiana ....................: 3,057 3,022 3,012 2,980 2,968 2,935 Maryland .....................: 6,364 5,145 7,653 6,972 5,629 5,937 Mississippi ..................: 15,713 16,160 16,301 16,200 16,213 16,131 North Carolina ...............: 15,476 15,943 16,236 15,677 15,372 15,388 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,975 3,310 4,543 4,533 3,243 4,236 Pennsylvania .................: 3,081 3,180 3,152 3,235 3,303 3,295 South Carolina ...............: 4,599 4,656 4,117 4,949 4,275 4,991 Texas ........................: 13,339 13,588 14,021 13,081 13,398 13,373 Virginia .....................: 4,376 5,249 4,299 4,572 4,371 4,329 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 17,947 16,873 15,735 16,383 17,550 16,810 : 19 State total ...............: 168,259 169,046 170,720 168,058 168,677 168,568 : Previous year total ..........: 166,323 167,012 168,345 167,108 169,296 166,836 : Percent of previous year .....: 101 101 101 101 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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