Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 9, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 1 Pecent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 208 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 5, 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 Down Slightly Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 168 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 5, 2011. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through March 5, 2011 were 1.51 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 29, : February 5, :February 12, :February 19, :February 26, : March 5, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 30,439 29,941 30,140 31,010 29,955 29,840 Arkansas .....................: 22,819 23,426 22,979 23,340 23,263 23,546 Delaware .....................: 4,039 3,980 3,768 4,002 3,899 3,853 Florida ......................: 1,341 1,360 1,360 1,360 1,359 1,360 Georgia ......................: 33,059 33,628 33,436 33,653 33,090 33,447 Kentucky .....................: 7,864 8,135 8,019 7,944 7,850 7,686 Louisiana ....................: 3,287 3,395 3,395 3,379 3,409 3,440 Maryland .....................: 7,635 7,695 7,703 7,707 7,688 7,716 Mississippi ..................: 18,404 18,965 18,376 18,736 19,064 18,623 North Carolina ...............: 19,673 19,462 19,637 19,636 19,957 19,537 : Oklahoma .....................: 7,016 6,974 7,181 7,019 7,148 7,061 Pennsylvania .................: 4,116 3,914 4,001 3,675 3,732 3,882 South Carolina ...............: 5,673 5,452 5,579 5,610 5,566 5,566 Texas ........................: 14,404 14,320 14,234 14,931 15,353 15,728 Virginia .....................: 5,905 5,971 6,081 5,834 6,465 6,571 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,259 19,122 18,435 18,644 19,515 19,718 : 19 State total ...............: 203,933 205,740 204,324 206,480 207,313 207,574 : Previous year total ..........: 202,304 204,076 205,734 206,981 207,365 206,494 : Percent of previous year .....: 101 101 99 100 100 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 29, : February 5, :February 12, :February 19, :February 26, : March 5, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 21,000 20,856 20,903 21,762 21,044 21,765 Arkansas .....................: 20,707 20,823 21,034 21,319 22,150 21,633 Delaware .....................: 4,420 5,002 4,579 5,336 4,498 5,112 Florida ......................: 1,224 1,229 1,202 1,201 1,349 1,225 Georgia ......................: 27,323 27,749 27,205 28,083 27,285 28,329 Kentucky .....................: 5,600 5,742 6,028 6,357 6,734 5,854 Louisiana ....................: 2,915 3,002 3,014 2,991 3,021 3,081 Maryland .....................: 5,928 5,885 5,439 5,874 6,758 5,621 Mississippi ..................: 16,190 16,293 16,123 15,576 16,401 15,919 North Carolina ...............: 15,534 15,446 15,715 15,731 15,202 15,799 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,244 5,586 5,162 3,814 2,973 3,541 Pennsylvania .................: 3,207 3,302 3,347 3,251 3,203 3,280 South Carolina ...............: 4,728 4,455 4,805 3,885 4,852 4,050 Texas ........................: 13,006 13,054 12,668 12,033 11,784 11,778 Virginia .....................: 5,202 4,971 5,459 4,520 4,352 4,759 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 17,265 14,681 15,202 15,710 17,007 16,494 : 19 State total ...............: 168,493 168,076 167,885 167,443 168,613 168,240 : Previous year total ..........: 165,437 163,279 164,631 165,886 168,299 169,058 : Percent of previous year .....: 102 103 102 101 100 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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