Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 10, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 6 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 196 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 6, 2011. This was down 6 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Down 5 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 164 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 6, 2011. Placements were down 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through August 6, 2011 were 5.26 billion, down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 2, : July 9, : July 16, : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 27,532 27,369 27,244 27,370 27,297 27,333 Arkansas .....................: 20,935 21,087 20,573 20,072 20,970 20,810 Delaware .....................: 2,770 2,656 2,920 2,920 3,022 3,167 Florida ......................: 1,360 1,327 1,353 1,352 1,382 1,362 Georgia ......................: 32,833 32,505 32,177 32,247 31,089 31,518 Kentucky .....................: 7,413 7,907 7,960 7,675 7,593 7,754 Louisiana ....................: 3,273 3,273 3,258 3,258 3,258 3,288 Maryland .....................: 7,600 7,624 7,620 7,644 7,510 7,511 Mississippi ..................: 18,101 18,200 18,293 18,417 18,418 18,563 North Carolina ...............: 19,463 19,543 20,095 19,797 19,845 19,570 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,700 6,519 6,856 6,628 6,610 6,489 Pennsylvania .................: 3,854 3,651 4,080 4,031 3,768 3,993 South Carolina ...............: 5,250 5,424 5,028 5,476 5,405 5,140 Texas ........................: 14,957 14,756 14,420 14,550 14,809 14,695 Virginia .....................: 6,079 6,057 5,861 5,808 5,787 5,764 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 19,722 17,859 19,324 18,385 18,136 19,076 : 19 State total ...............: 197,842 195,757 197,062 195,630 194,899 196,033 : Previous year total ..........: 207,492 206,138 209,753 208,724 208,549 207,588 : Percent of previous year .....: 95 95 94 94 93 94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 2, : July 9, : July 16, : July 23, : July 30, : August 6, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 20,899 19,453 20,239 19,810 19,449 19,236 Arkansas .....................: 20,799 19,876 19,093 18,983 20,542 18,433 Delaware .....................: 4,738 5,022 4,737 4,770 4,403 4,023 Florida ......................: 1,289 1,222 1,223 1,209 1,184 1,216 Georgia ......................: 27,547 28,489 27,466 28,051 27,726 27,771 Kentucky .....................: 6,444 6,579 6,099 5,881 6,479 6,138 Louisiana ....................: 2,902 2,960 2,968 2,969 2,983 2,960 Maryland .....................: 5,169 5,425 5,603 5,721 4,661 6,940 Mississippi ..................: 16,242 15,765 15,904 15,901 15,845 15,881 North Carolina ...............: 16,286 15,088 15,911 15,747 16,241 16,089 : Oklahoma .....................: 4,254 3,296 4,635 4,057 3,457 4,859 Pennsylvania .................: 3,294 3,126 3,212 3,122 3,030 3,329 South Carolina ...............: 5,105 4,364 3,792 3,758 4,051 4,219 Texas ........................: 12,620 12,663 12,807 12,510 12,685 12,321 Virginia .....................: 4,981 4,862 4,584 4,375 5,518 4,221 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 16,934 18,154 17,008 16,490 15,417 16,823 : 19 State total ...............: 169,503 166,344 165,281 163,354 163,671 164,459 : Previous year total ..........: 175,093 173,501 174,319 169,782 170,569 173,173 : Percent of previous year .....: 97 96 95 96 96 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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