Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 16, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 5 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 193 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 12, 2011. This was down 5 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 152 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 12, 2011. Placements were down 8 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2011 through November 12, 2011 were 7.46 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 8, : October 15, : October 22, : October 29, : November 5, :November 12, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 26,879 26,220 26,256 25,159 24,378 27,163 Arkansas .....................: 19,417 17,686 18,395 19,291 19,543 20,366 Delaware .....................: 3,041 3,176 3,019 2,750 2,895 2,826 Florida ......................: 1,349 1,249 1,347 1,350 1,351 1,352 Georgia ......................: 30,846 29,658 30,350 29,497 30,253 30,474 Kentucky .....................: 7,298 7,020 6,925 7,649 7,589 7,477 Louisiana ....................: 3,041 3,118 3,349 3,192 3,224 3,349 Maryland .....................: 6,839 7,040 6,913 7,697 7,636 7,549 Mississippi ..................: 16,535 16,813 16,949 15,970 17,458 17,242 Missouri .....................: 7,747 7,517 7,153 6,669 7,175 7,882 : North Carolina ...............: 18,275 18,292 19,191 19,433 19,016 19,721 Oklahoma .....................: 6,813 6,112 6,323 6,802 6,439 6,672 Pennsylvania .................: 3,734 3,926 3,928 3,436 3,423 3,717 South Carolina ...............: 4,866 5,487 5,193 5,119 5,106 5,329 Texas ........................: 13,442 13,091 13,367 14,490 13,482 14,154 Virginia .....................: 5,773 5,850 5,650 5,884 6,025 5,975 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ............: 10,777 10,206 9,983 11,139 11,493 12,009 : 19 State total ...............: 186,672 182,461 184,291 185,527 186,486 193,257 : Previous year total ..........: 200,470 196,697 200,202 200,781 199,721 204,203 : Percent of previous year .....: 93 93 92 92 93 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - 19 Selected States: 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 8, : October 15, : October 22, : October 29, : November 5, :November 12, : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 18,155 19,780 18,277 19,686 19,403 18,598 Arkansas .....................: 18,649 19,044 17,562 17,680 16,039 17,666 Delaware .....................: 3,394 3,406 4,491 4,271 3,539 4,321 Florida ......................: 931 1,159 1,154 1,150 1,182 1,139 Georgia ......................: 24,953 27,225 25,656 25,747 24,434 25,931 Kentucky .....................: 4,970 5,585 5,997 6,253 5,291 5,464 Louisiana ....................: 2,830 2,910 2,807 2,748 2,793 3,013 Maryland .....................: 4,939 4,890 4,468 4,335 5,001 4,334 Mississippi ..................: 15,253 14,465 13,660 14,305 14,446 14,570 Missouri .....................: 4,667 5,357 5,406 5,664 5,000 4,470 : North Carolina ...............: 14,605 14,304 14,728 13,918 14,019 14,875 Oklahoma .....................: 4,089 3,193 3,888 4,574 4,645 4,242 Pennsylvania .................: 2,839 2,921 2,768 3,097 3,143 3,257 South Carolina ...............: 3,460 3,789 4,439 4,506 4,123 3,974 Texas ........................: 10,334 11,828 11,145 11,258 10,850 11,119 Virginia .....................: 4,436 4,700 4,279 4,385 5,002 4,635 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ............: 9,925 9,938 10,066 9,659 9,723 9,898 : 19 State total ...............: 148,429 154,494 150,791 153,236 148,633 151,506 : Previous year total ..........: 162,438 169,422 161,719 165,722 161,368 164,476 : Percent of previous year .....: 91 91 93 92 92 92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly from all chicken hatcheries within the 19 States that hatch at least one million chicks a year. 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 hatcheries within the 19 States that meet the minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly survey. 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. 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. 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