Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released October 12, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 7 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 186 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 8, 2011. This was down 7 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 8 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 150 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 8, 2011. Placements were down 8 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through October 8, 2011 were 6.70 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 3, :September 10,:September 17,:September 24,: October 1, : October 8, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 26,364 26,415 25,289 27,117 25,433 26,097 Arkansas .....................: 19,852 18,223 19,087 18,961 18,949 19,417 Delaware .....................: 2,906 2,908 2,852 2,895 3,045 3,041 Florida ......................: 1,350 1,352 1,074 1,351 1,354 1,349 Georgia ......................: 31,519 31,151 29,383 31,268 30,766 30,624 Kentucky .....................: 7,484 7,416 6,161 7,729 6,893 7,342 Louisiana ....................: 2,947 3,258 3,183 3,242 3,258 3,212 Maryland .....................: 7,399 6,863 6,852 6,820 7,517 6,839 Mississippi ..................: 16,780 17,569 17,813 16,824 16,270 16,329 North Carolina ...............: 18,960 17,302 18,211 18,670 18,270 18,345 : Oklahoma .....................: 6,701 6,228 6,465 6,751 5,962 6,813 Pennsylvania .................: 3,877 3,718 3,438 3,558 3,337 3,698 South Carolina ...............: 4,891 4,892 5,522 5,263 4,956 4,866 Texas ........................: 14,253 13,792 12,590 14,232 13,269 13,423 Virginia .....................: 5,933 5,859 5,363 5,663 5,461 5,773 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 18,549 18,718 16,927 17,818 18,080 18,767 : 19 State total ...............: 189,765 185,664 180,210 188,162 182,820 185,935 : Previous year total ..........: 203,941 204,833 196,963 205,808 197,354 200,470 : Percent of previous year .....: 93 91 91 91 93 93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :September 3, :September 10,:September 17,:September 24,: October 1, : October 8, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 19,276 19,616 20,087 18,304 19,468 17,731 Arkansas .....................: 19,024 19,575 19,412 18,793 17,501 18,649 Delaware .....................: 4,444 4,328 5,154 5,074 3,913 3,882 Florida ......................: 1,137 1,251 1,140 1,156 1,156 931 Georgia ......................: 26,269 25,851 26,026 27,801 26,676 25,442 Kentucky .....................: 6,287 6,198 6,747 5,910 6,192 4,970 Louisiana ....................: 2,952 2,928 2,851 2,676 2,909 2,830 Maryland .....................: 5,645 6,319 5,397 4,784 6,199 5,560 Mississippi ..................: 15,984 15,962 15,314 14,533 15,196 15,333 North Carolina ...............: 15,378 14,969 15,445 15,218 13,845 14,607 : Oklahoma .....................: 3,905 4,317 4,842 3,712 3,527 4,089 Pennsylvania .................: 3,087 2,897 3,045 3,208 3,079 2,823 South Carolina ...............: 5,146 4,629 4,932 3,699 3,702 3,460 Texas ........................: 11,648 11,528 11,506 11,770 11,380 10,318 Virginia .....................: 4,353 4,543 4,439 5,067 4,229 4,436 California, Missouri, : Tennessee, and West Virginia : 17,427 16,043 15,667 16,638 15,750 14,638 : 19 State total ...............: 161,962 160,954 162,004 158,343 154,722 149,699 : Previous year total ..........: 170,109 170,626 169,940 167,630 169,617 162,438 : Percent of previous year .....: 95 94 95 94 91 92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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