Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 9, 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 187 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 5, 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 8 Percent Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 149 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 5, 2011. Placements were down 8 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through November 5, 2011 were 7.30 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 1, : October 8, : October 15, : October 22, : October 29, : November 5, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 25,440 26,879 26,220 25,626 25,159 24,222 Arkansas .....................: 18,949 19,417 17,686 18,395 19,291 19,543 Delaware .....................: 3,045 3,041 3,176 3,019 2,750 2,895 Florida ......................: 1,354 1,349 1,249 1,347 1,350 1,351 Georgia ......................: 29,914 30,846 29,658 29,888 29,497 30,253 Kentucky .....................: 7,117 7,298 7,020 7,309 7,649 7,589 Louisiana ....................: 3,118 3,041 3,118 3,209 3,192 3,224 Maryland .....................: 7,517 6,839 7,040 6,913 7,697 7,636 Mississippi ..................: 15,990 16,535 16,813 16,949 15,970 17,749 Missouri .....................: 6,945 7,747 7,517 7,153 6,669 7,175 : North Carolina ...............: 18,840 18,275 18,292 19,349 19,433 19,016 Oklahoma .....................: 6,280 6,813 6,112 6,323 6,802 6,439 Pennsylvania .................: 3,353 3,734 3,926 3,928 3,436 3,622 South Carolina ...............: 4,956 4,866 5,487 5,193 5,119 5,106 Texas ........................: 13,287 13,442 13,091 13,367 14,490 13,482 Virginia .....................: 5,461 5,773 5,850 5,650 5,884 6,025 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ............: 10,668 10,703 10,196 9,950 11,105 11,493 : 19 State total ...............: 182,234 186,598 182,451 183,568 185,493 186,820 : Previous year total ..........: 197,354 200,470 196,697 200,202 200,781 199,721 : Percent of previous year .....: 92 93 93 92 92 94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 1, : October 8, : October 15, : October 22, : October 29, : November 5, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 19,468 18,155 19,780 18,277 19,686 19,345 Arkansas .....................: 17,501 18,649 19,044 17,562 17,680 16,039 Delaware .....................: 3,453 3,394 3,406 4,491 4,271 3,539 Florida ......................: 1,156 931 1,159 1,154 1,150 1,182 Georgia ......................: 26,814 24,953 27,225 25,656 25,747 24,434 Kentucky .....................: 6,192 4,970 5,585 5,997 6,253 5,291 Louisiana ....................: 2,909 2,830 2,910 2,807 2,748 2,793 Maryland .....................: 5,606 4,939 4,890 4,468 4,335 5,001 Mississippi ..................: 15,196 15,253 14,465 13,660 14,305 14,437 Missouri .....................: 5,725 4,667 5,357 5,406 5,664 5,000 : North Carolina ...............: 13,845 14,605 14,304 14,728 13,918 14,019 Oklahoma .....................: 3,527 4,089 3,193 3,888 4,574 4,645 Pennsylvania .................: 3,077 2,839 2,921 2,768 3,097 3,248 South Carolina ...............: 3,702 3,460 3,789 4,439 4,506 4,123 Texas ........................: 11,380 10,334 11,828 11,145 11,258 10,850 Virginia .....................: 4,229 4,436 4,700 4,279 4,385 5,002 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ............: 10,047 9,935 9,887 10,027 9,625 9,723 : 19 State total ...............: 153,827 148,439 154,443 150,752 153,202 148,671 : Previous year total ..........: 169,617 162,438 169,422 161,719 165,722 161,368 : Percent of previous year .....: 91 91 91 93 92 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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