Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 16, 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 208 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 12, 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 84 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 170 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 12, 2011. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through March 12, 2011 were 1.68 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 5, :February 12, :February 19, :February 26, : March 5, : March 12, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 29,941 30,140 30,978 29,955 29,840 29,936 Arkansas .....................: 23,426 22,979 23,419 23,263 23,546 23,810 Delaware .....................: 3,980 3,768 4,002 3,899 3,853 3,810 Florida ......................: 1,360 1,360 1,360 1,359 1,360 1,360 Georgia ......................: 33,628 33,436 33,653 33,090 33,447 33,291 Kentucky .....................: 8,097 7,985 8,054 7,850 7,647 7,707 Louisiana ....................: 3,395 3,395 3,379 3,409 3,440 3,409 Maryland .....................: 7,695 7,703 7,707 7,688 7,716 7,677 Mississippi ..................: 18,965 18,376 18,736 19,064 18,623 18,991 North Carolina ...............: 19,462 19,637 19,869 19,957 19,537 19,619 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,974 7,181 7,019 7,148 7,061 7,432 Pennsylvania .................: 3,914 4,001 3,675 3,732 3,861 3,860 South Carolina ...............: 5,452 5,579 5,610 5,566 5,566 5,678 Texas ........................: 14,336 14,241 15,097 15,351 15,728 15,347 Virginia .....................: 5,971 6,081 5,834 6,465 6,571 6,513 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 19,191 18,475 18,684 19,356 19,949 19,565 : 19 State total ...............: 205,787 204,337 207,076 207,152 207,745 208,005 : Previous year total ..........: 204,076 205,734 206,981 207,365 206,494 205,506 : Percent of previous year .....: 101 99 100 100 101 101 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 5, :February 12, :February 19, :February 26, : March 5, : March 12, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 20,856 20,903 21,762 21,044 21,177 21,441 Arkansas .....................: 20,823 21,034 21,319 22,150 21,633 23,233 Delaware .....................: 5,002 4,579 5,336 4,498 5,112 4,624 Florida ......................: 1,229 1,202 1,201 1,349 1,225 1,290 Georgia ......................: 27,749 27,205 28,083 27,285 28,329 28,724 Kentucky .....................: 5,788 6,074 6,402 6,780 5,854 6,636 Louisiana ....................: 3,002 3,014 2,991 3,021 3,081 2,997 Maryland .....................: 5,885 5,439 5,874 6,758 5,621 6,226 Mississippi ..................: 16,293 16,123 15,576 16,401 15,919 16,276 North Carolina ...............: 15,446 15,715 15,731 15,202 15,800 16,112 : Oklahoma .....................: 5,586 5,162 3,814 2,973 3,638 2,559 Pennsylvania .................: 3,302 3,347 3,251 3,203 3,257 3,008 South Carolina ...............: 4,455 4,805 3,885 4,852 4,050 4,152 Texas ........................: 13,067 12,682 12,033 11,915 11,778 12,343 Virginia .....................: 4,971 5,459 4,520 4,352 4,759 4,705 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 14,697 15,210 15,695 17,022 16,443 15,893 : 19 State total ...............: 168,151 167,953 167,473 168,805 167,676 170,219 : Previous year total ..........: 163,279 164,631 165,886 168,299 169,058 170,165 : Percent of previous year .....: 103 102 101 100 99 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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