Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 9, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up Slightly Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 205 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 5, 2011. This was up slightly 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 168 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 5, 2011. Placements were up 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through February 5, 2011 were 840 million, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 1, : January 8, : January 15, : January 22, : January 29, : February 5, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,913 30,015 29,953 30,203 30,422 29,855 Arkansas .....................: 23,060 23,080 23,176 22,019 22,656 23,426 Delaware .....................: 4,013 4,098 4,014 4,040 4,039 4,007 Florida ......................: 1,298 1,307 1,360 1,343 1,341 1,360 Georgia ......................: 32,829 32,949 32,769 32,685 33,059 33,628 Kentucky .....................: 7,032 7,253 7,517 7,043 8,065 8,006 Louisiana ....................: 3,380 3,348 3,395 3,395 3,287 3,395 Maryland .....................: 7,600 7,672 7,672 7,593 7,635 7,697 Mississippi ..................: 18,773 18,789 18,805 18,733 18,404 18,965 North Carolina ...............: 18,938 19,932 19,943 20,114 19,729 19,464 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,509 7,034 7,207 7,049 7,016 6,974 Pennsylvania .................: 3,996 4,031 4,073 4,073 3,892 3,298 South Carolina ...............: 5,683 5,639 5,553 5,544 5,673 5,452 Texas ........................: 15,397 15,528 15,510 15,082 14,404 14,320 Virginia .....................: 5,964 6,000 5,979 5,641 5,905 5,971 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,607 18,629 18,285 18,759 18,503 19,241 : 19 State total ...............: 202,992 205,304 205,211 203,316 204,030 205,059 : Previous year total ..........: 202,676 202,247 200,307 202,034 202,304 204,076 : Percent of previous year .....: 100 102 102 101 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 1, : January 8, : January 15, : January 22, : January 29, : February 5, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,032 20,649 21,063 20,692 21,000 20,856 Arkansas .....................: 21,309 20,616 20,231 22,119 20,707 20,823 Delaware .....................: 5,387 4,938 4,875 5,689 4,420 5,300 Florida ......................: 1,135 1,387 1,269 1,230 1,224 1,229 Georgia ......................: 27,580 27,955 27,733 27,123 27,323 27,749 Kentucky .....................: 5,814 5,549 5,922 5,762 5,604 5,742 Louisiana ....................: 2,968 2,935 2,962 2,977 2,915 3,002 Maryland .....................: 5,629 5,937 5,796 4,866 5,928 5,662 Mississippi ..................: 16,213 16,131 16,168 16,247 16,190 16,293 North Carolina ...............: 15,372 15,388 16,030 14,841 15,534 15,446 : Oklahoma .....................: 3,243 4,424 4,953 3,515 4,244 5,481 Pennsylvania .................: 3,303 3,237 3,168 3,236 3,207 3,328 South Carolina ...............: 4,275 4,915 4,315 5,123 4,728 4,455 Texas ........................: 13,386 13,371 13,218 12,879 13,006 13,054 Virginia .....................: 4,371 4,329 4,568 4,886 5,202 4,849 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 17,550 16,647 15,937 16,296 17,177 14,676 : 19 State total ...............: 168,567 168,408 168,208 167,481 168,409 167,945 : Previous year total ..........: 169,296 166,836 167,240 166,113 165,437 163,279 : Percent of previous year .....: 100 101 101 101 102 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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