Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 19, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 205 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 15, 2011. This was up 2 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 168 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 15, 2011. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through January 15, 2011 were 336 million, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2010 and 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 11, :December 18, :December 25, : January 1, : January 8, : January 15, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,057 30,008 29,733 29,728 29,152 30,080 Arkansas .....................: 23,223 23,111 22,926 22,983 23,003 23,029 Delaware .....................: 4,181 4,090 4,170 4,013 4,098 4,014 Florida ......................: 1,310 1,236 1,360 1,298 1,307 1,360 Georgia ......................: 33,031 33,500 33,138 32,829 32,949 32,783 Kentucky .....................: 7,554 6,741 7,555 7,232 7,430 7,404 Louisiana ....................: 3,364 3,425 3,410 3,380 3,348 3,395 Maryland .....................: 7,661 7,653 7,581 7,600 7,672 7,672 Mississippi ..................: 18,727 18,801 18,803 18,773 18,789 18,805 North Carolina ...............: 19,228 19,897 20,082 18,828 20,020 19,989 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,307 6,437 6,475 6,509 6,710 6,685 Pennsylvania .................: 4,050 4,044 3,866 3,996 4,031 4,088 South Carolina ...............: 5,587 5,585 5,608 5,683 5,639 5,553 Texas ........................: 15,683 15,726 15,600 15,381 15,512 15,484 Virginia .....................: 5,951 5,655 5,543 5,964 6,000 5,979 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 19,039 18,881 19,045 18,607 18,629 18,329 : 19 State total ...............: 204,953 204,790 204,895 202,804 204,289 204,649 : Previous year total ..........: 205,271 204,677 203,723 202,676 202,247 200,307 : Percent of previous year .....: 100 100 101 100 101 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2010 and 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 11, :December 18, :December 25, : January 1, : January 8, : January 15, : 2010 : 2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 20,107 21,106 21,061 21,032 20,664 21,080 Arkansas .....................: 21,159 20,876 20,587 21,309 20,616 20,129 Delaware .....................: 5,663 4,452 3,770 5,387 4,938 4,875 Florida ......................: 1,207 1,183 1,253 1,135 1,387 1,269 Georgia ......................: 27,160 27,679 26,934 27,580 27,955 27,735 Kentucky .....................: 6,562 6,293 5,781 5,814 5,549 5,811 Louisiana ....................: 3,022 3,012 2,980 2,968 2,935 3,064 Maryland .....................: 5,145 7,653 6,972 5,629 5,937 5,796 Mississippi ..................: 16,160 16,301 16,200 16,213 16,131 16,168 North Carolina ...............: 15,943 16,236 15,677 15,372 15,388 16,042 : Oklahoma .....................: 3,310 4,543 4,533 3,243 4,236 4,793 Pennsylvania .................: 3,180 3,152 3,235 3,303 3,231 3,134 South Carolina ...............: 4,656 4,117 4,949 4,275 4,915 4,315 Texas ........................: 13,576 14,009 13,069 13,386 13,357 13,205 Virginia .....................: 5,249 4,299 4,572 4,371 4,329 4,568 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 16,873 15,735 16,440 17,550 16,647 15,949 : 19 State total ...............: 168,972 170,646 168,013 168,567 168,215 167,933 : Previous year total ..........: 167,012 168,345 167,108 169,296 166,836 167,240 : Percent of previous year .....: 101 101 101 100 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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