Pou 2-4 (04) a United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Chickens and Eggs 2003 Summary January 2004 ************************************************************************** Update Alert Corrections to page 2 Average Number of Layers for 2002 for 30 States from 315,982 to 317,624; US total from 337,380 to 339,024; Eggs per layers from 272 to 273 and total egg production from 1,528 to 1,537. For 2003, the Average Number of Layers for 2003 for 30 States total from 312,883 to 314,883; Other States changed from 6,100 to 6,102 and US total from 335,368 to 337,262; Eggs per layer from 270 to 272 and total egg production from 1,650 to 1,660. ************************************************************************** Highlights Egg Production up slightly: Egg production during the year ending November 30, 2003 totaled a record high 87.2 billion eggs, up slightly from 2002. Table egg production, at 74.4 billion eggs, was up slightly from the previous year. Hatching egg production, at 12.8 billion eggs, decreased 1 percent from 2002. Average Number of Layers Down 1 Percent: Layer numbers during 2003 averaged 337 million, down 1 percent from the year earlier. The annual average production per layer on hand in 2003 was 259 eggs, up one percent from the 2002 average of 257. December 1 Inventory Numbers: The total number of chickens on hand on December 1, 2003 (excluding commercial broilers) was 449 million birds, up 1 percent from last year. The total value of all chickens on December 1, 2003 was $1.11 billion, up 5 percent from December 1, 2002. The average value increased from $2.37 per bird on December 1, 2002, to $2.47 per bird on December 1, 2003. Special Note Preliminary 2002 Census data were used in the review process for the 2003 and revised 2002 estimates in this publication. The revised estimates may appear disjointed from historical data until the release of the 5 - year Final Estimates publications which are scheduled for April 29, 2004. All Layers and Egg Production: Annual Average Number of Layers, Eggs per Layer, and Total Egg Production by State and United States, 2002-2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Average Number : Eggs per : Total Egg : of Layers : Layer 2/ : Production State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 ----- ---- Number --- --- Million Eggs --- : AL : 10,173 9,699 224 226 2,281 2,190 AR : 14,825 15,097 225 224 3,333 3,384 CA : 24,147 20,831 259 261 6,252 5,439 CO : 3,736 3,854 270 278 1,008 1,073 CT : 3,106 2,923 276 272 856 795 FL : 10,631 10,763 257 261 2,731 2,804 GA : 20,473 20,442 243 247 4,967 5,047 HI : 539 507 218 231 117.5 117.2 IL : 3,431 3,605 260 270 893 973 IN : 22,435 22,729 266 266 5,973 6,035 IA : 37,664 39,142 268 267 10,092 10,446 ME : 4,146 4,221 261 266 1,080 1,121 MD : 3,301 2,961 279 275 921 813 MI : 7,118 7,071 265 267 1,883 1,891 MN : 11,729 11,184 266 265 3,124 2,962 MS : 6,795 6,806 234 235 1,588 1,599 MO : 6,923 6,833 265 272 1,837 1,859 NE : 11,594 11,746 257 266 2,977 3,126 NY : 3,887 3,659 283 286 1,100 1,048 NC : 11,045 10,809 228 233 2,518 2,523 OH : 30,479 29,474 261 259 7,940 7,642 OK : 4,173 4,126 228 226 951 933 OR : 2,750 2,862 276 274 760 783 PA : 23,641 24,518 276 275 6,520 6,754 SC : 5,372 5,325 257 258 1,380 1,373 SD : 2,335 2,893 243 263 568 761 TX : 18,608 18,519 257 256 4,774 4,745 VA : 3,134 3,192 234 233 734 744 WA : 5,166 4,916 265 266 1,369 1,307 WI : 4,272 4,176 271 272 1,158 1,137 : 30 Sts : 317,624 314,883 257 259 81,686 81,425 : ID : 886 862 273 282 242 243 KY : 4,019 4,659 234 241 940 1,122 LA : 1,982 1,960 249 249 494 487 MA : 269 251 297 291 80 73 MT : 341 355 305 301 104 107 NH : 159 148 303 291 48 43 NJ : 1,994 1,972 268 282 534 556 TN : 1,354 1,311 222 221 300 290 UT : 3,342 3,340 267 259 894 866 VT : 197 180 296 294 59 53 WV : 1,219 1,226 214 220 261 270 WY : 12 12 300 300 3.6 3.6 : Oth Sts 3/ : 5,627 6,102 273 272 1,537 1,660 : US 4/ : 339,024 337,262 257 259 87,179 87,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Annual estimates cover the period Dec 1, previous year thru Nov 30. 2/ Total egg production divided by average number of layers on hand. 3/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 4/ Sum of States may not add to U.S. total due to rounding. Eggs: Annual Number of Eggs Produced by Type, State, and United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 2,281 2,190 635 589 1,646 1,601 AR : 3,333 3,384 1,230 1,179 2,103 2,205 CA : 6,252 5,439 CO : 1,008 1,073 CT : 856 795 FL : 2,731 2,804 2,578 2,694 153 110 GA : 4,967 5,047 2,853 2,998 2,114 2,049 HI : 117.5 117.2 117.5 117.2 0 0 IL : 893 973 853 933 40 40 IN : 5,973 6,035 5,824 5,891 149 144 IA : 10,092 10,446 ME : 1,080 1,121 MD : 921 813 875 779 46 34 MI : 1,883 1,891 MN : 3,124 2,962 3,013 2,859 111 103 MS : 1,588 1,599 497 515 1,091 1,084 MO : 1,837 1,859 NE : 2,977 3,126 2,977 3,126 0 0 NY : 1,100 1,048 NC : 2,518 2,523 919 963 1,599 1,560 OH : 7,940 7,642 OK : 951 933 551 538 400 395 OR : 760 783 739 761 21 22 PA : 6,520 6,754 6,324 6,565 196 189 SC : 1,380 1,373 1,160 1,144 220 229 SD : 568 761 568 761 0 0 TX : 4,774 4,745 VA : 734 744 351 322 383 422 WA : 1,369 1,307 WI : 1,158 1,137 : 30 Sts : 81,686 81,425 69,814 69,668 11,870 11,756 : ID : 242 243 KY : 940 1,122 LA : 494 487 MA : 80 73 MT : 104 107 NH : 48 43 NJ : 534 556 TN : 300 290 UT : 894 866 VT : 59 53 WV : 261 270 WY : 3.6 3.6 : Oth Sts 2/ : 1,537 1,660 : US : 87,179 87,196 74,244 74,404 12,927 12,789 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : Dec 1/ : 7,444 7,451 6,362 6,392 1,081 1,058 Jan : 7,304 7,390 6,208 6,301 1,095 1,088 Feb : 6,618 6,665 5,627 5,673 990 991 Mar : 7,459 7,424 6,352 6,316 1,106 1,108 Apr : 7,145 7,187 6,054 6,103 1,090 1,084 May : 7,331 7,327 6,193 6,200 1,137 1,127 Jun : 7,163 7,105 6,072 6,028 1,091 1,077 Jul : 7,396 7,403 6,290 6,316 1,106 1,086 Aug : 7,401 7,367 6,307 6,296 1,094 1,070 Sep : 7,187 7,112 6,139 6,095 1,047 1,017 Oct : 7,455 7,439 6,386 6,381 1,069 1,058 Nov : 7,276 7,326 6,253 6,301 1,021 1,025 During Year : 87,179 87,196 74,244 74,404 12,927 12,789 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : Dec 1/ : 1,081 1,058 1,019 996 62 62 Jan : 1,095 1,088 1,032 1,023 63 65 Feb : 990 991 932 932 58 59 Mar : 1,106 1,108 1,042 1,043 64 65 Apr : 1,090 1,084 1,028 1,019 62 65 May : 1,137 1,127 1,072 1,061 65 66 Jun : 1,091 1,077 1,031 1,015 60 62 Jul : 1,106 1,086 1,044 1,024 62 62 Aug : 1,094 1,070 1,033 1,009 61 61 Sep : 1,047 1,017 991 961 56 56 Oct : 1,069 1,058 1,011 1,001 58 57 Nov : 1,021 1,025 963 968 58 57 During Year : 12,927 12,789 12,198 12,052 729 737 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : Dec 1/ : 6,981 6,966 5,989 5,993 992 973 Jan : 6,850 6,917 5,846 5,916 1,004 1,001 Feb : 6,199 6,229 5,291 5,316 908 913 Mar : 6,989 6,926 5,972 5,907 1,017 1,019 Apr : 6,710 6,708 5,708 5,712 1,002 996 May : 6,876 6,837 5,834 5,803 1,042 1,034 Jun : 6,703 6,630 5,703 5,641 1,000 989 Jul : 6,927 6,913 5,911 5,914 1,016 999 Aug : 6,937 6,875 5,930 5,895 1,007 980 Sep : 6,728 6,641 5,767 5,706 960 935 Oct : 6,979 6,948 5,998 5,973 981 975 Nov : 6,807 6,835 5,865 5,893 941 942 During Year : 81,686 81,425 69,814 69,668 11,870 11,756 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : Dec 1/ : 992 973 932 912 60 61 Jan : 1,004 1,001 943 938 61 63 Feb : 908 913 852 856 56 57 Mar : 1,017 1,019 955 956 62 63 Apr : 1,002 996 942 933 60 63 May : 1,042 1,034 979 970 63 64 Jun : 1,000 989 942 929 58 60 Jul : 1,016 999 956 939 60 60 Aug : 1,007 980 948 921 59 59 Sep : 960 935 906 881 54 54 Oct : 981 975 925 920 56 55 Nov : 941 942 884 887 57 55 During Year : 11,870 11,756 11,164 11,042 706 714 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 1/ : 339,970 340,316 281,066 282,719 58,904 57,597 Jan : 340,815 340,910 281,109 282,062 59,706 58,848 Feb : 339,857 340,575 280,055 281,034 59,802 59,541 Mar : 339,329 339,885 279,131 279,909 60,198 59,976 Apr : 338,647 338,182 277,680 277,986 60,967 60,196 May : 337,377 336,164 276,214 275,823 61,163 60,341 Jun : 337,133 334,789 276,642 275,097 60,491 59,692 Jul : 337,610 334,179 278,084 275,483 59,526 58,696 Aug : 338,119 334,332 279,278 276,528 58,841 57,804 Sep : 339,197 334,198 281,187 276,911 58,010 57,287 Oct : 340,111 335,333 282,609 278,138 57,502 57,195 Nov : 340,118 338,283 283,090 280,904 57,028 57,379 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. All Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 341,264 340,752 281,801 282,140 59,463 58,612 Feb : 340,322 341,019 280,397 281,960 59,925 59,059 Mar : 339,352 340,080 279,697 280,082 59,655 59,998 Apr : 339,266 339,645 278,546 279,713 60,720 59,932 May : 337,982 336,678 276,787 276,240 61,195 60,438 Jun : 336,720 335,611 275,612 275,385 61,108 60,226 Jul : 337,505 333,925 277,653 274,788 59,852 59,137 Aug : 337,673 334,381 278,496 276,154 59,177 58,227 Sep : 338,526 334,248 280,040 276,881 58,486 57,367 Oct : 339,822 334,103 282,313 276,916 57,509 57,187 Nov : 340,355 336,528 282,878 279,338 57,477 57,190 Dec : 339,827 339,989 283,273 282,443 56,554 57,546 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatching Type Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 1/ : 58,904 57,597 56,296 54,957 2,608 2,640 Jan : 59,706 58,848 57,080 56,125 2,626 2,723 Feb : 59,802 59,541 57,153 56,831 2,649 2,710 Mar : 60,198 59,976 57,571 57,304 2,627 2,672 Apr : 60,967 60,196 58,305 57,450 2,662 2,746 May : 61,163 60,341 58,469 57,556 2,694 2,785 Jun : 60,491 59,692 57,897 56,993 2,594 2,699 Jul : 59,526 58,696 56,930 56,047 2,596 2,649 Aug : 58,841 57,804 56,243 55,231 2,598 2,573 Sep : 58,010 57,287 55,524 54,852 2,486 2,435 Oct : 57,502 57,195 54,987 54,763 2,515 2,432 Nov : 57,028 57,379 54,447 54,861 2,581 2,518 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 59,463 58,612 56,869 55,922 2,594 2,690 Feb : 59,925 59,059 57,278 56,314 2,647 2,745 Mar : 59,655 59,998 57,017 57,335 2,638 2,663 Apr : 60,720 59,932 58,115 57,265 2,605 2,667 May : 61,195 60,438 58,484 57,620 2,711 2,818 Jun : 61,108 60,226 58,442 57,482 2,666 2,744 Jul : 59,852 59,137 57,342 56,490 2,510 2,647 Aug : 59,177 58,227 56,503 55,587 2,674 2,640 Sep : 58,486 57,367 55,972 54,865 2,514 2,502 Oct : 57,509 57,187 55,060 54,826 2,449 2,361 Nov : 57,477 57,190 54,903 54,692 2,574 2,498 Dec : 56,554 57,546 53,976 55,016 2,578 2,530 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 1/ : 318,656 318,278 264,554 265,369 54,102 52,909 Jan : 319,679 318,687 264,818 264,661 54,861 54,026 Feb : 318,809 318,257 263,814 263,510 54,995 54,747 Mar : 318,203 317,154 262,820 262,072 55,383 55,082 Apr : 317,442 315,542 261,459 260,270 55,983 55,272 May : 315,895 313,778 259,885 258,350 56,010 55,428 Jun : 315,407 312,442 260,006 257,585 55,401 54,857 Jul : 315,960 311,824 261,352 257,901 54,608 53,923 Aug : 316,612 311,949 262,578 258,920 54,034 53,029 Sep : 317,762 311,930 264,514 259,290 53,248 52,640 Oct : 318,595 313,041 265,737 260,424 52,858 52,617 Nov : 318,474 315,729 265,961 262,978 52,513 52,751 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. All Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 320,047 318,394 265,456 264,679 54,591 53,715 Feb : 319,276 318,942 264,165 264,627 55,111 54,315 Mar : 318,311 317,532 263,451 262,372 54,860 55,160 Apr : 318,064 316,742 262,177 261,756 55,887 54,986 May : 316,786 314,311 260,722 258,771 56,064 55,540 Jun : 314,963 313,219 259,027 257,915 55,936 55,304 Jul : 315,817 311,635 260,971 257,241 54,846 54,394 Aug : 316,070 311,973 261,717 258,545 54,353 53,428 Sep : 317,120 311,903 263,421 259,284 53,699 52,619 Oct : 318,368 311,922 265,592 259,279 52,776 52,643 Nov : 318,790 314,132 265,865 261,552 52,925 52,580 Dec : 318,121 317,290 266,040 264,386 52,081 52,904 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatching Type Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 1/ : 54,102 52,909 51,593 50,348 2,509 2,561 Jan : 54,861 54,026 52,336 51,383 2,525 2,643 Feb : 54,995 54,747 52,443 52,122 2,552 2,625 Mar : 55,383 55,082 52,844 52,498 2,539 2,584 Apr : 55,983 55,272 53,410 52,613 2,573 2,659 May : 56,010 55,428 53,403 52,734 2,607 2,694 Jun : 55,401 54,857 52,890 52,251 2,511 2,606 Jul : 54,608 53,923 52,091 51,365 2,517 2,558 Aug : 54,034 53,029 51,521 50,545 2,513 2,484 Sep : 53,248 52,640 50,855 50,287 2,393 2,353 Oct : 52,858 52,617 50,439 50,268 2,419 2,349 Nov : 52,513 52,751 50,023 50,333 2,490 2,418 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 54,591 53,715 52,094 51,102 2,497 2,613 Feb : 55,111 54,315 52,568 51,652 2,543 2,663 Mar : 54,860 55,160 52,309 52,584 2,551 2,576 Apr : 55,887 54,986 53,370 52,406 2,517 2,580 May : 56,064 55,540 53,441 52,809 2,623 2,731 Jun : 55,936 55,304 53,356 52,654 2,580 2,650 Jul : 54,846 54,394 52,415 51,838 2,431 2,556 Aug : 54,353 53,428 51,756 50,877 2,597 2,551 Sep : 53,699 52,619 51,278 50,206 2,421 2,413 Oct : 52,776 52,643 50,419 50,356 2,357 2,287 Nov : 52,925 52,580 50,450 50,173 2,475 2,407 Dec : 52,081 52,904 49,583 50,481 2,498 2,423 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Dec 1/ : 2,190 2,189 2,264 2,261 1,835 1,837 Jan : 2,143 2,168 2,208 2,234 1,834 1,849 Feb : 1,947 1,957 2,009 2,019 1,655 1,664 Mar : 2,198 2,184 2,276 2,256 1,837 1,847 Apr : 2,110 2,125 2,180 2,195 1,788 1,801 May : 2,173 2,180 2,242 2,248 1,859 1,868 Jun : 2,125 2,122 2,195 2,191 1,804 1,804 Jul : 2,191 2,215 2,262 2,293 1,858 1,850 Aug : 2,189 2,203 2,258 2,277 1,859 1,851 Sep : 2,119 2,128 2,183 2,201 1,805 1,775 Oct : 2,192 2,218 2,260 2,294 1,859 1,850 Nov : 2,139 2,166 2,209 2,243 1,790 1,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Jan : 69.8 69.8 72.1 72.0 59.0 59.2 Feb : 68.4 69.9 70.4 72.0 59.1 59.6 Mar : 70.5 69.8 73.0 72.1 59.0 58.8 Apr : 71.1 70.9 73.6 73.3 59.4 59.7 May : 69.5 70.5 71.6 72.9 59.8 60.0 Jun : 70.5 69.9 72.9 72.0 59.8 60.2 Jul : 70.9 71.4 73.2 73.9 60.2 59.7 Aug : 70.3 71.4 72.6 73.8 59.7 59.5 Sep : 70.8 70.6 73.0 72.9 60.1 59.2 Oct : 70.2 71.2 72.3 73.7 60.0 59.1 Nov : 71.1 71.9 73.4 74.3 59.8 60.1 Dec : 71.3 72.4 73.7 75.2 59.4 58.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Dec 1/ : 1,835 1,837 1,810 1,812 2,377 2,348 Jan : 1,834 1,849 1,808 1,823 2,399 2,387 Feb : 1,655 1,664 1,631 1,640 2,190 2,177 Mar : 1,837 1,847 1,810 1,820 2,436 2,433 Apr : 1,788 1,801 1,763 1,774 2,329 2,367 May : 1,859 1,868 1,833 1,843 2,413 2,370 Jun : 1,804 1,804 1,781 1,781 2,313 2,297 Jul : 1,858 1,850 1,834 1,827 2,388 2,341 Aug : 1,859 1,851 1,837 1,827 2,348 2,371 Sep : 1,805 1,775 1,785 1,752 2,253 2,300 Oct : 1,859 1,850 1,839 1,828 2,306 2,344 Nov : 1,790 1,786 1,769 1,764 2,247 2,264 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Jan : 59.0 59.2 58.1 58.3 78.1 77.5 Feb : 59.1 59.6 58.2 58.8 78.3 76.2 Mar : 59.0 58.8 58.1 58.0 78.7 77.8 Apr : 59.4 59.7 58.6 58.8 77.9 78.9 May : 59.8 60.0 59.0 59.1 76.3 77.6 Jun : 59.8 60.2 58.9 59.5 78.1 75.5 Jul : 60.2 59.7 59.4 58.9 78.0 76.6 Aug : 59.7 59.5 59.0 58.7 75.3 75.8 Sep : 60.1 59.2 59.4 58.4 76.0 75.8 Oct : 60.0 59.1 59.3 58.4 74.3 75.6 Nov : 59.8 60.1 59.1 59.5 75.6 74.8 Dec : 59.4 58.9 58.6 58.1 74.3 75.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Dec 1/ : 2,191 2,189 2,264 2,258 1,834 1,839 Jan : 2,143 2,170 2,208 2,235 1,830 1,853 Feb : 1,944 1,957 2,006 2,017 1,651 1,668 Mar : 2,196 2,184 2,272 2,254 1,836 1,850 Apr : 2,114 2,126 2,183 2,195 1,790 1,802 May : 2,177 2,179 2,245 2,246 1,860 1,865 Jun : 2,125 2,122 2,193 2,190 1,805 1,803 Jul : 2,192 2,217 2,262 2,293 1,861 1,853 Aug : 2,191 2,204 2,258 2,277 1,864 1,848 Sep : 2,117 2,129 2,180 2,201 1,803 1,776 Oct : 2,191 2,220 2,257 2,294 1,856 1,853 Nov : 2,137 2,165 2,205 2,241 1,792 1,786 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type : All Hatching Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Jan : 69.8 69.9 72.1 72.1 58.9 59.3 Feb : 68.4 70.0 70.3 72.1 58.9 59.7 Mar : 70.4 69.7 72.8 72.0 58.9 58.9 Apr : 71.1 71.0 73.7 73.3 59.3 59.9 May : 69.7 70.6 71.8 72.9 59.9 59.9 Jun : 70.6 69.9 72.9 71.9 59.8 60.2 Jul : 70.9 71.5 73.1 74.0 60.2 59.8 Aug : 70.5 71.4 72.7 73.9 59.9 59.6 Sep : 70.8 70.6 73.0 72.9 60.1 59.1 Oct : 70.2 71.3 72.3 73.7 59.9 59.2 Nov : 71.1 71.9 73.4 74.2 59.8 60.2 Dec : 71.3 72.4 73.6 75.1 59.4 58.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Dec 1/ : 1,834 1,839 1,806 1,811 2,391 2,382 Jan : 1,830 1,853 1,802 1,826 2,416 2,384 Feb : 1,651 1,668 1,625 1,642 2,194 2,171 Mar : 1,836 1,850 1,807 1,821 2,442 2,438 Apr : 1,790 1,802 1,764 1,773 2,332 2,369 May : 1,860 1,865 1,833 1,839 2,417 2,376 Jun : 1,805 1,803 1,781 1,778 2,310 2,302 Jul : 1,861 1,853 1,835 1,828 2,384 2,346 Aug : 1,864 1,848 1,840 1,822 2,348 2,375 Sep : 1,803 1,776 1,782 1,752 2,257 2,295 Oct : 1,856 1,853 1,834 1,830 2,315 2,341 Nov : 1,792 1,786 1,767 1,762 2,289 2,275 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All Hatching Type : Broiler Type : Egg Type Month :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Jan : 58.9 59.3 57.9 58.4 78.1 77.6 Feb : 58.9 59.7 57.9 58.9 78.4 76.3 Mar : 58.9 58.9 58.0 58.0 79.2 77.8 Apr : 59.3 59.9 58.4 58.9 78.1 79.0 May : 59.9 59.9 59.1 59.0 76.4 77.6 Jun : 59.8 60.2 59.0 59.4 77.9 75.6 Jul : 60.2 59.8 59.4 59.0 77.8 76.7 Aug : 59.9 59.6 59.1 58.8 75.9 75.9 Sep : 60.1 59.1 59.4 58.3 75.9 75.9 Oct : 59.9 59.2 59.2 58.5 74.1 75.9 Nov : 59.8 60.2 59.0 59.5 75.4 74.8 Dec : 59.4 58.9 58.6 58.1 76.0 76.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Pullets: Number on Hand First Day of the Month United States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Month : 2002 : 2003 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 96,235 94,620 Feb : 96,239 95,879 Mar : 97,753 96,933 Apr : 95,621 97,457 May : 97,388 99,803 Jun : 97,837 102,181 Jul : 96,927 101,125 Aug : 96,652 101,159 Sep : 97,491 102,025 Oct : 95,109 102,268 Nov : 95,142 102,207 Dec : 96,325 100,321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Layers: Percent Force Molt First Day of the Month, United States 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Being Molted : Molt Completed Month :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Jan : 4.1 4.4 22.8 23.7 Feb : 4.6 4.5 22.1 24.0 Mar : 3.7 3.3 22.3 23.7 Apr : 3.6 2.2 22.2 24.6 May : 5.7 4.3 21.6 23.5 Jun : 4.2 4.2 22.2 23.4 Jul : 3.7 4.3 22.9 23.9 Aug : 4.6 4.1 22.0 23.5 Sep : 4.2 3.9 23.5 22.8 Oct : 4.6 5.2 23.7 23.1 Nov : 3.8 3.4 23.5 24.1 Dec : 2.7 2.5 23.7 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disposition: Number Slaughtered, Lost, and Added During the Month, United States 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Layers Sold : Layers Rendered, Died, : Day Old : for : Destroyed, Composted, or : Pullets Month : Slaughter : Disappeared for any reason : Added :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 1/ : 13,635 14,560 4,559 6,922 22,187 22,938 Jan : 17,479 15,600 5,551 5,801 23,941 24,802 Feb : 14,559 14,162 5,721 7,154 23,763 23,669 Mar : 16,921 15,106 5,040 6,985 24,381 26,251 Apr : 16,813 16,266 5,535 7,060 24,146 25,616 May : 16,703 15,786 5,194 6,892 26,204 27,450 Jun : 16,076 15,162 4,708 5,898 24,157 23,008 Jul : 15,339 15,605 4,989 6,185 23,432 26,104 Aug : 14,437 15,193 4,768 6,719 24,577 25,063 Sep : 15,842 14,548 4,363 6,393 23,080 23,532 Oct : 15,287 13,485 4,594 6,278 22,496 25,018 Nov : 15,226 14,043 4,447 5,792 22,328 23,157 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. All Pullets: Number on Hand First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Month : 2002 : 2003 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Jan : 90,397 87,796 Feb : 90,390 89,237 Mar : 91,799 90,444 Apr : 89,694 90,783 May : 91,251 93,049 Jun : 92,106 95,409 Jul : 90,936 94,607 Aug : 90,579 94,614 Sep : 91,156 95,166 Oct : 89,017 95,174 Nov : 89,084 95,012 Dec : 89,931 93,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Layers: Percent Force Molt First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Being Molted : Molt Completed Month :---------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Jan : 4.0 4.3 22.7 23.7 Feb : 4.5 4.3 21.9 23.9 Mar : 3.7 3.4 22.1 23.5 Apr : 3.5 2.2 22.0 24.5 May : 5.5 4.1 21.4 23.6 Jun : 4.3 4.1 21.9 23.3 Jul : 3.7 4.4 22.5 23.5 Aug : 4.7 4.1 21.5 23.0 Sep : 4.2 3.9 23.3 22.5 Oct : 4.7 5.2 23.6 22.7 Nov : 3.8 3.5 23.3 23.8 Dec : 2.8 2.5 23.7 22.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disposition: Number Slaughtered, Lost, and Added During the Month, 30 Selected States 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Layers Sold : Layers Rendered, Died, : Day Old : for : Destroyed, Composted, or : Pullets Month : Slaughter : Disappeared for any reason : Added :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : Dec 1/ : 12,699 13,833 4,388 6,591 20,978 21,820 Jan : 16,073 14,397 5,293 5,435 22,601 23,796 Feb : 13,307 13,055 5,565 6,863 22,342 21,981 Mar : 16,233 13,973 4,823 6,716 23,444 23,956 Apr : 15,509 15,087 5,357 6,762 22,669 24,234 May : 15,680 14,782 4,983 6,481 24,968 25,669 Jun : 14,707 14,092 4,415 5,579 22,652 21,643 Jul : 14,095 14,750 4,794 5,964 21,994 24,316 Aug : 13,063 13,800 4,491 6,437 23,148 23,141 Sep : 14,327 13,473 4,150 6,153 21,655 21,964 Oct : 13,986 12,650 4,348 5,815 21,118 23,709 Nov : 14,490 13,092 4,241 5,549 21,591 21,828 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 1/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 2,828 2,802 2,708 2,578 2,461 2,361 AR : 4,979 4,755 4,871 4,977 4,719 4,696 CA : 23,524 23,764 23,943 23,965 23,538 23,308 CO : 3,037 2,995 2,988 3,070 3,170 3,223 CT : 3,091 3,110 3,100 3,045 3,045 3,075 FL : 10,149 10,138 9,911 9,797 9,869 9,892 GA : 12,012 11,894 11,460 10,864 10,787 10,199 HI : 490 489 481 487 489 470 IL : 3,389 3,317 3,218 3,288 3,341 3,262 IN : 21,582 21,372 21,526 21,575 21,456 21,396 IA : 35,046 36,118 36,168 36,473 36,847 36,410 ME : 3,810 3,813 4,023 3,900 3,954 4,262 MD : 3,143 3,023 2,998 3,110 3,019 3,022 MI : 6,615 6,677 6,628 6,678 7,041 7,197 MN : 11,395 11,427 11,582 11,240 10,895 10,935 MS : 1,935 1,857 1,839 1,850 1,765 1,731 MO : 5,407 5,498 5,498 5,513 5,586 5,430 NE : 11,504 11,598 11,524 11,436 11,338 11,374 NY : 3,543 3,667 3,749 3,651 3,637 3,626 NC : 3,216 3,140 3,182 3,214 3,057 3,060 OH : 29,639 29,651 29,545 29,712 29,839 29,870 OK : 1,920 2,016 2,025 2,021 1,993 1,996 OR : 2,737 2,646 2,507 2,510 2,544 2,504 PA : 22,448 22,548 22,272 21,980 21,897 22,011 SC : 4,739 4,549 4,451 4,383 4,282 4,196 SD : 2,166 2,168 2,147 2,108 2,107 2,135 TX : 14,930 14,655 14,504 14,498 14,026 13,689 VA : 1,490 1,463 1,414 1,400 1,312 1,205 WA : 4,999 5,115 5,037 4,997 5,078 5,110 WI : 4,050 3,820 3,793 3,779 3,646 3,521 : 30 Sts : 259,813 260,085 259,092 258,099 256,738 255,166 : Oth Sts 2/ : 15,339 15,119 15,069 15,139 15,049 15,157 : US : 275,152 275,204 274,161 273,238 271,787 270,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 2,230 2,147 2,282 2,373 2,305 2,316 AR : 4,630 4,427 4,315 4,435 4,699 4,758 CA : 23,487 23,382 23,243 23,541 23,565 23,107 CO : 3,253 3,363 3,456 3,406 3,343 3,468 CT : 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,011 3,016 3,010 FL : 9,737 9,602 9,789 9,958 10,172 10,155 GA : 10,155 10,508 10,604 10,880 10,979 11,080 HI : 479 488 488 488 488 489 IL : 3,130 2,958 2,957 3,086 3,153 3,240 IN : 21,414 21,593 21,789 22,141 22,519 22,479 IA : 36,678 37,542 37,590 37,521 37,813 37,953 ME : 4,276 4,172 4,164 4,272 4,276 4,169 MD : 3,024 3,043 3,021 3,027 3,111 3,194 MI : 6,980 7,014 6,992 6,855 6,788 6,897 MN : 10,933 10,740 10,653 10,765 10,747 10,770 MS : 1,764 1,757 1,746 1,779 1,814 1,848 MO : 5,454 5,570 5,558 5,651 5,550 5,330 NE : 11,492 11,522 11,537 11,553 11,556 11,488 NY : 3,595 3,611 3,694 3,788 3,791 3,591 NC : 3,132 3,217 3,390 3,337 3,368 3,495 OH : 30,060 30,229 30,349 30,377 30,174 30,151 OK : 2,056 2,054 2,024 2,024 2,022 2,023 OR : 2,447 2,459 2,523 2,620 2,689 2,637 PA : 22,045 22,057 22,377 22,429 22,444 22,699 SC : 4,148 4,256 4,326 4,294 4,272 4,263 SD : 2,123 2,120 2,131 2,132 2,138 2,144 TX : 13,661 13,827 13,913 14,082 14,252 14,391 VA : 1,170 1,215 1,225 1,270 1,297 1,276 WA : 5,190 5,161 5,122 5,116 5,059 5,084 WI : 3,515 3,556 3,560 3,574 3,608 3,760 : 30 Sts : 255,288 256,620 257,848 259,785 261,008 261,265 : Oth Sts 2/ : 15,464 15,560 15,528 15,501 15,700 15,972 : US : 270,752 272,180 273,376 275,286 276,708 277,237 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 1/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 2,350 2,378 2,419 2,360 2,216 2,050 AR : 4,745 4,582 4,559 4,722 4,671 4,502 CA : 22,398 21,928 21,206 20,180 19,713 19,830 CO : 3,488 3,419 3,401 3,294 3,327 3,346 CT : 3,015 2,975 2,951 2,929 2,864 2,813 FL : 9,929 10,053 10,323 10,356 10,040 9,975 GA : 11,285 11,186 11,283 11,287 11,013 10,989 HI : 491 484 466 477 473 446 IL : 3,181 3,240 3,506 3,440 3,173 3,183 IN : 22,378 22,323 22,229 22,361 22,269 22,051 IA : 37,577 37,652 37,704 38,048 38,174 37,561 ME : 4,224 4,291 4,248 4,197 4,182 4,148 MD : 3,112 3,078 3,041 2,774 2,636 2,596 MI : 6,992 6,947 6,969 6,823 6,683 6,870 MN : 10,870 10,800 10,745 10,825 10,698 10,525 MS : 1,845 1,838 1,871 1,872 1,840 1,846 MO : 5,376 5,368 5,453 5,513 5,425 5,375 NE : 11,508 11,610 11,622 11,604 11,670 11,655 NY : 3,390 3,338 3,389 3,436 3,439 3,375 NC : 3,401 3,330 3,368 3,300 3,265 3,289 OH : 30,152 30,058 29,632 29,152 29,183 28,878 OK : 2,019 2,016 2,015 2,018 2,009 1,968 OR : 2,679 2,697 2,690 2,619 2,459 2,551 PA : 23,242 23,479 23,020 22,890 22,984 22,976 SC : 4,232 4,148 4,099 4,196 4,275 4,180 SD : 2,157 2,263 2,299 2,351 2,582 2,696 TX : 14,390 14,322 14,257 14,333 14,328 14,066 VA : 1,324 1,342 1,279 1,175 1,173 1,201 WA : 5,007 4,884 4,878 4,873 4,871 4,834 WI : 3,752 3,591 3,562 3,653 3,641 3,600 : 30 Sts : 260,509 259,620 258,484 257,058 255,276 253,375 : Oth Sts 2/ : 16,211 16,259 16,382 16,696 16,575 16,332 : US : 276,720 275,879 274,866 273,754 271,851 269,707 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 2,004 2,122 2,176 2,112 2,084 2,081 AR : 4,347 4,437 4,392 4,229 4,293 4,341 CA : 19,705 19,485 19,669 19,573 19,610 20,152 CO : 3,283 3,243 3,276 3,351 3,347 3,595 CT : 2,763 2,841 2,829 2,744 2,805 2,833 FL : 10,205 10,265 10,280 10,337 10,393 10,473 GA : 10,996 10,953 10,958 10,999 11,138 11,416 HI : 456 468 469 463 464 465 IL : 3,375 3,434 3,424 3,470 3,545 3,592 IN : 21,970 21,686 21,709 21,938 21,702 22,162 IA : 37,881 38,593 38,879 38,912 39,322 40,127 ME : 4,073 4,132 4,172 4,135 4,139 4,109 MD : 2,512 2,531 2,663 2,758 2,783 2,782 MI : 6,877 6,828 6,837 6,691 6,618 6,708 MN : 10,460 10,393 10,463 10,423 10,285 10,493 MS : 1,844 1,841 1,843 1,855 1,851 1,876 MO : 5,375 5,472 5,550 5,448 5,297 5,252 NE : 11,604 11,636 11,708 11,747 11,698 11,702 NY : 3,314 3,230 3,326 3,448 3,437 3,399 NC : 3,301 3,390 3,372 3,387 3,416 3,425 OH : 28,478 28,347 28,376 28,205 28,479 28,749 OK : 1,939 1,937 1,936 1,935 1,943 1,951 OR : 2,661 2,676 2,719 2,785 2,835 2,790 PA : 22,729 22,457 22,219 22,313 22,709 22,191 SC : 4,152 4,149 4,136 4,223 4,252 4,188 SD : 2,673 2,790 3,043 3,158 3,154 3,152 TX : 14,017 14,010 13,960 14,044 14,196 14,175 VA : 1,203 1,162 1,100 1,142 1,139 1,232 WA : 4,782 4,767 4,764 4,804 4,802 4,821 WI : 3,634 3,656 3,702 3,683 3,703 3,796 : 30 Sts : 252,613 252,931 253,950 254,312 255,439 258,028 : Oth Sts 2/ : 16,371 16,443 16,474 16,491 16,588 16,793 : US : 268,984 269,374 270,424 270,803 272,027 274,821 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 1/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 10,443 10,583 10,567 10,410 10,198 10,207 AR : 14,850 14,836 14,935 15,235 15,255 15,166 CA : 24,149 24,355 24,495 24,556 24,214 23,986 CO : 3,546 3,513 3,503 3,583 3,680 3,723 CT : 3,144 3,169 3,157 3,100 3,103 3,135 FL : 10,881 10,866 10,638 10,507 10,551 10,580 GA : 21,489 21,391 20,928 20,420 20,438 19,968 HI : 552 547 538 543 545 524 IL : 3,620 3,551 3,457 3,523 3,577 3,501 IN : 22,303 22,075 22,223 22,276 22,155 22,130 IA : 35,862 36,942 36,986 37,286 37,687 37,250 ME : 3,865 3,865 4,074 3,954 4,009 4,319 MD : 3,472 3,325 3,262 3,341 3,249 3,273 MI : 6,866 6,933 6,888 6,938 7,296 7,452 MN : 12,103 12,162 12,322 11,970 11,620 11,650 MS : 6,821 6,794 6,785 6,822 6,790 6,789 MO : 6,839 6,928 6,923 6,904 6,988 6,869 NE : 11,604 11,698 11,624 11,536 11,438 11,474 NY : 3,781 3,884 3,960 3,876 3,872 3,856 NC : 11,160 11,078 11,146 11,330 11,320 11,225 OH : 30,196 30,182 30,068 30,226 30,350 30,393 OK : 3,987 4,168 4,205 4,197 4,213 4,211 OR : 2,908 2,826 2,701 2,702 2,729 2,685 PA : 23,820 23,938 23,656 23,379 23,336 23,450 SC : 5,684 5,557 5,497 5,411 5,333 5,268 SD : 2,366 2,368 2,347 2,308 2,307 2,335 TX : 19,291 19,118 18,943 18,971 18,476 18,102 VA : 3,340 3,434 3,491 3,450 3,311 3,061 WA : 5,077 5,196 5,118 5,078 5,159 5,191 WI : 4,637 4,397 4,372 4,371 4,243 4,122 : 30 Sts : 318,656 319,679 318,809 318,203 317,442 315,895 : Oth Sts 2/ : 21,314 21,136 21,048 21,126 21,205 21,482 : US : 339,970 340,815 339,857 339,329 338,647 337,377 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 10,178 9,972 10,023 9,989 9,816 9,692 AR : 14,949 14,567 14,396 14,394 14,667 14,645 CA : 24,117 23,965 23,825 24,177 24,208 23,720 CO : 3,778 3,863 3,933 3,898 3,829 3,980 CT : 3,087 3,090 3,090 3,068 3,072 3,062 FL : 10,442 10,312 10,508 10,654 10,826 10,806 GA : 19,973 20,124 20,005 20,237 20,330 20,377 HI : 532 540 538 537 537 534 IL : 3,359 3,190 3,196 3,325 3,391 3,480 IN : 22,091 22,232 22,468 22,839 23,242 23,189 IA : 37,505 38,392 38,407 38,312 38,626 38,711 ME : 4,334 4,230 4,221 4,328 4,328 4,220 MD : 3,277 3,247 3,206 3,255 3,309 3,393 MI : 7,236 7,265 7,243 7,106 7,039 7,148 MN : 11,653 11,478 11,396 11,500 11,467 11,422 MS : 6,768 6,794 6,900 6,831 6,714 6,726 MO : 6,872 6,990 7,002 7,075 6,939 6,746 NE : 11,592 11,622 11,637 11,653 11,656 11,588 NY : 3,807 3,816 3,916 4,020 4,024 3,831 NC : 11,062 11,029 11,001 10,692 10,725 10,768 OH : 30,571 30,739 30,861 30,864 30,647 30,645 OK : 4,253 4,277 4,206 4,124 4,091 4,138 OR : 2,627 2,649 2,713 2,799 2,856 2,801 PA : 23,466 23,457 23,717 23,709 23,727 24,042 SC : 5,180 5,298 5,359 5,319 5,308 5,255 SD : 2,323 2,320 2,331 2,332 2,338 2,344 TX : 18,073 18,199 18,276 18,484 18,651 18,707 VA : 2,916 2,909 2,881 2,882 2,902 3,035 WA : 5,269 5,236 5,195 5,187 5,129 5,157 WI : 4,117 4,158 4,162 4,172 4,201 4,312 : 30 Sts : 315,407 315,960 316,612 317,762 318,595 318,474 : Oth Sts 2/ : 21,726 21,650 21,507 21,435 21,516 21,644 : US : 337,133 337,610 338,119 339,197 340,111 340,118 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 1/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 9,778 9,989 9,975 9,856 9,739 9,591 AR : 14,541 14,849 15,271 15,731 15,790 15,489 CA : 23,016 22,565 21,825 20,749 20,260 20,392 CO : 3,990 3,894 3,911 3,838 3,850 3,848 CT : 3,069 3,035 3,010 2,986 2,921 2,869 FL : 10,534 10,601 10,868 10,903 10,577 10,506 GA : 20,515 20,393 20,630 20,734 20,516 20,553 HI : 532 526 509 519 514 487 IL : 3,411 3,461 3,735 3,669 3,401 3,415 IN : 23,035 22,949 22,872 23,042 22,987 22,756 IA : 38,290 38,413 38,488 38,812 38,954 38,362 ME : 4,276 4,343 4,300 4,248 4,232 4,199 MD : 3,346 3,296 3,260 2,965 2,822 2,813 MI : 7,243 7,198 7,220 7,074 6,934 7,121 MN : 11,473 11,408 11,350 11,435 11,306 11,130 MS : 6,715 6,737 6,846 6,844 6,806 6,889 MO : 6,858 6,812 6,861 6,950 6,885 6,826 NE : 11,608 11,710 11,722 11,704 11,770 11,755 NY : 3,648 3,611 3,670 3,723 3,733 3,672 NC : 10,742 10,845 11,141 11,152 10,948 11,055 OH : 30,663 30,567 30,133 29,650 29,687 29,388 OK : 4,269 4,285 4,159 4,129 4,149 4,114 OR : 2,857 2,885 2,868 2,785 2,628 2,730 PA : 24,854 25,321 24,803 24,629 24,752 24,769 SC : 5,284 5,298 5,267 5,334 5,421 5,351 SD : 2,357 2,463 2,499 2,551 2,782 2,896 TX : 18,761 18,809 18,720 18,784 18,799 18,462 VA : 3,268 3,358 3,309 3,243 3,278 3,311 WA : 5,084 4,964 4,959 4,954 4,952 4,915 WI : 4,261 4,102 4,076 4,161 4,149 4,114 : 30 Sts : 318,278 318,687 318,257 317,154 315,542 313,778 : Oth Sts 2/ : 22,038 22,223 22,318 22,731 22,640 22,386 : US : 340,316 340,910 340,575 339,885 338,182 336,164 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 9,620 9,749 9,727 9,568 9,436 9,364 AR : 15,268 15,361 14,824 14,628 14,778 14,637 CA : 20,223 19,921 20,101 20,058 20,144 20,721 CO : 3,790 3,721 3,753 3,856 3,790 4,010 CT : 2,820 2,904 2,891 2,806 2,869 2,892 FL : 10,755 10,813 10,812 10,852 10,926 11,009 GA : 20,554 20,337 20,230 20,145 20,200 20,499 HI : 494 504 505 499 500 499 IL : 3,603 3,665 3,650 3,689 3,762 3,804 IN : 22,611 22,281 22,328 22,613 22,396 22,880 IA : 38,673 39,391 39,668 39,675 40,094 40,878 ME : 4,126 4,185 4,224 4,181 4,184 4,158 MD : 2,723 2,715 2,827 2,911 2,928 2,927 MI : 7,128 7,079 7,088 6,942 6,869 6,959 MN : 11,070 11,003 11,061 11,016 10,880 11,074 MS : 6,864 6,795 6,823 6,795 6,760 6,801 MO : 6,793 6,860 6,953 6,872 6,713 6,614 NE : 11,704 11,736 11,808 11,847 11,798 11,790 NY : 3,607 3,515 3,598 3,709 3,697 3,722 NC : 10,869 10,663 10,500 10,442 10,576 10,769 OH : 28,981 28,842 28,873 28,699 28,969 29,238 OK : 4,066 4,045 4,081 4,066 4,046 4,103 OR : 2,847 2,866 2,906 2,971 3,027 2,971 PA : 24,506 24,223 23,983 24,019 24,409 23,946 SC : 5,314 5,269 5,225 5,322 5,408 5,402 SD : 2,873 2,990 3,243 3,358 3,354 3,352 TX : 18,293 18,239 18,196 18,304 18,454 18,409 VA : 3,260 3,143 3,022 3,022 2,990 3,101 WA : 4,860 4,842 4,835 4,874 4,872 4,886 WI : 4,147 4,167 4,214 4,191 4,212 4,314 : 30 Sts : 312,442 311,824 311,949 311,930 313,041 315,729 : Oth Sts 2/ : 22,347 22,355 22,383 22,268 22,292 22,554 : US : 334,789 334,179 334,332 334,198 335,333 338,283 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Number Laid per 100 For All Layers During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 1/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,915 1,909 1,732 1,912 1,863 1,891 AR : 1,919 1,887 1,701 1,897 1,862 1,912 CA : 2,211 2,164 1,956 2,203 2,102 2,172 CO : 2,256 2,135 1,941 2,261 2,228 2,364 CT : 2,417 2,430 2,217 2,452 2,288 2,265 FL : 2,261 2,144 1,927 2,189 2,095 2,174 GA : 2,066 1,963 1,821 2,120 2,031 2,068 HI : 1,866 1,828 1,673 1,897 1,853 1,889 IL : 2,210 2,084 1,938 2,214 2,097 2,228 IN : 2,237 2,202 1,975 2,236 2,180 2,255 IA : 2,264 2,247 2,036 2,277 2,221 2,285 ME : 2,329 2,561 2,209 2,276 2,195 2,200 MD : 2,448 2,316 2,054 2,275 2,216 2,383 MI : 2,214 2,135 2,018 2,292 2,152 2,174 MN : 2,173 2,286 2,069 2,297 2,186 2,223 MS : 1,979 1,943 1,769 2,008 1,915 1,959 MO : 2,223 2,136 1,993 2,216 2,132 2,242 NE : 2,085 2,060 1,893 2,115 2,081 2,222 NY : 2,486 2,420 2,197 2,503 2,299 2,360 NC : 1,935 1,932 1,723 1,906 1,855 1,933 OH : 2,269 2,197 1,979 2,250 2,129 2,181 OK : 1,956 1,943 1,760 1,954 1,875 1,924 OR : 2,338 2,335 2,147 2,295 2,272 2,421 PA : 2,317 2,289 2,114 2,361 2,288 2,375 SC : 2,252 2,105 1,892 2,181 2,119 2,183 SD : 2,156 2,154 1,917 2,166 2,081 2,099 TX : 2,198 2,045 1,863 2,240 2,127 2,166 VA : 1,976 1,922 1,719 2,000 1,963 1,960 WA : 2,305 2,256 2,052 2,324 2,233 2,254 WI : 2,523 2,388 2,059 2,334 2,145 2,159 : 30 Sts : 2,191 2,143 1,944 2,196 2,114 2,177 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,172 2,148 1,991 2,225 2,051 2,118 : US : 2,190 2,143 1,947 2,198 2,110 2,173 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Eggs: Number Laid per 100 For All Layers During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,818 1,875 1,886 1,872 1,925 1,826 AR : 1,860 1,936 1,945 1,841 1,868 1,857 CA : 2,135 2,207 2,208 2,134 2,214 2,188 CO : 2,223 2,330 2,339 2,258 2,350 2,261 CT : 2,235 2,330 2,233 2,151 2,279 2,253 FL : 2,116 2,133 2,170 2,121 2,189 2,165 GA : 1,968 1,973 2,039 2,016 2,105 2,095 HI : 1,805 1,852 1,784 1,695 1,825 1,835 IL : 2,143 2,132 2,222 2,105 2,300 2,356 IN : 2,232 2,254 2,288 2,272 2,298 2,191 IA : 2,176 2,290 2,291 2,193 2,291 2,222 ME : 2,100 2,270 2,180 1,987 2,033 1,777 MD : 2,289 2,402 2,433 2,273 2,418 2,387 MI : 2,170 2,285 2,306 2,195 2,273 2,238 MN : 2,240 2,291 2,264 2,191 2,259 2,162 MS : 1,921 2,016 2,014 1,918 1,996 1,933 MO : 2,197 2,303 2,314 2,219 2,291 2,268 NE : 2,165 2,246 2,243 2,188 2,248 2,132 NY : 2,338 2,385 2,349 2,239 2,361 2,375 NC : 1,871 1,922 1,927 1,899 1,977 1,922 OH : 2,182 2,238 2,236 2,142 2,144 2,105 OK : 1,881 1,917 1,926 1,867 1,931 1,861 OR : 2,322 2,265 2,322 2,251 2,311 2,356 PA : 2,301 2,353 2,319 2,244 2,348 2,275 SC : 2,143 2,171 2,109 2,124 2,261 2,150 SD : 1,980 1,983 1,973 1,973 1,967 1,877 TX : 2,152 2,225 2,172 2,099 2,214 2,160 VA : 1,852 1,994 1,975 1,943 2,068 2,043 WA : 2,202 2,330 2,214 2,024 2,125 2,191 WI : 2,210 2,381 2,307 2,133 2,190 2,250 : 30 Sts : 2,125 2,192 2,191 2,117 2,191 2,137 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,117 2,166 2,157 2,141 2,212 2,167 : US : 2,125 2,191 2,189 2,119 2,192 2,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Number Laid per 100 For All Layers During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Dec 1/ : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,872 1,892 1,724 1,928 1,869 1,950 AR : 1,926 1,899 1,716 1,894 1,824 1,872 CA : 2,260 2,194 1,979 2,222 2,108 2,118 CO : 2,306 2,286 2,020 2,319 2,338 2,417 CT : 2,476 2,405 1,927 2,210 2,225 2,300 FL : 2,174 2,170 1,969 2,238 2,165 2,170 GA : 2,157 2,084 1,852 2,088 2,042 2,082 HI : 1,880 1,939 1,768 1,927 1,946 2,012 IL : 2,433 2,254 1,928 2,262 2,264 2,255 IN : 2,236 2,227 2,007 2,261 2,188 2,268 IA : 2,279 2,273 2,008 2,185 2,167 2,203 ME : 1,707 1,957 2,023 2,331 2,292 2,358 MD : 2,430 2,427 2,086 2,327 2,339 2,311 MI : 2,237 2,223 2,036 2,276 2,192 2,247 MN : 2,162 2,253 2,159 2,256 2,229 2,300 MS : 2,010 1,989 1,811 2,046 1,939 1,989 MO : 2,304 2,275 2,055 2,273 2,222 2,300 NE : 2,160 2,195 2,022 2,230 2,141 2,254 NY : 2,495 2,409 2,125 2,391 2,357 2,478 NC : 2,020 1,973 1,741 1,928 1,900 1,990 OH : 2,182 2,182 1,958 2,175 2,149 2,188 OK : 1,921 1,937 1,755 1,962 1,880 1,920 OR : 2,345 2,322 2,127 2,226 2,169 2,308 PA : 2,338 2,341 2,130 2,387 2,277 2,320 SC : 2,101 2,076 2,013 2,268 2,121 2,149 SD : 1,994 2,071 1,961 2,234 2,193 2,279 TX : 2,159 2,100 1,939 2,215 2,133 2,194 VA : 2,020 2,025 1,753 1,912 1,922 1,993 WA : 2,262 2,196 1,976 2,160 2,100 2,177 WI : 2,394 2,194 1,963 2,283 2,266 2,333 : 30 Sts : 2,189 2,170 1,957 2,184 2,126 2,179 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,201 2,128 1,954 2,191 2,116 2,189 : US : 2,189 2,168 1,957 2,184 2,125 2,180 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Eggs: Number Laid per 100 For All Layers During the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jun : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : AL : 1,861 1,877 1,902 1,871 1,939 1,901 AR : 1,821 1,894 1,916 1,846 1,929 1,886 CA : 2,111 2,259 2,229 2,149 2,264 2,220 CO : 2,348 2,446 2,371 2,256 2,401 2,344 CT : 2,199 2,307 2,352 2,210 2,266 2,317 FL : 2,111 2,220 2,229 2,129 2,252 2,225 GA : 1,980 2,065 2,101 2,040 2,139 2,059 HI : 1,883 1,925 1,980 1,944 1,980 1,924 IL : 2,165 2,374 2,384 2,169 2,286 2,234 IN : 2,220 2,262 2,244 2,162 2,259 2,220 IA : 2,154 2,318 2,231 2,195 2,369 2,295 ME : 2,254 2,294 2,344 2,344 2,414 2,261 MD : 2,130 2,099 2,158 2,267 2,425 2,392 MI : 2,189 2,232 2,243 2,233 2,358 2,285 MN : 2,204 2,281 2,251 2,151 2,206 2,131 MS : 1,967 2,001 1,949 1,898 1,982 1,911 MO : 2,238 2,318 2,330 2,270 2,383 2,238 NE : 2,256 2,326 2,304 2,212 2,297 2,214 NY : 2,384 2,475 2,446 2,346 2,407 2,337 NC : 1,951 2,026 1,990 1,925 1,995 1,913 OH : 2,108 2,254 2,265 2,150 2,171 2,151 OK : 1,845 1,904 1,887 1,820 1,928 1,852 OR : 2,213 2,373 2,374 2,255 2,346 2,289 PA : 2,271 2,348 2,342 2,250 2,301 2,238 SC : 2,051 2,164 2,258 2,180 2,219 2,184 SD : 2,193 2,274 2,313 2,233 2,266 2,178 TX : 2,148 2,204 2,171 2,087 2,146 2,129 VA : 1,963 2,004 1,952 1,853 1,973 1,935 WA : 2,243 2,396 2,378 2,195 2,258 2,251 WI : 2,315 2,328 2,278 2,243 2,327 2,295 : 30 Sts : 2,122 2,217 2,204 2,129 2,220 2,165 : Oth Sts 2/ : 2,126 2,192 2,198 2,115 2,203 2,177 : US : 2,122 2,215 2,203 2,128 2,218 2,166 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 AR : 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 CA : 2.0 5.5 4.0 2.0 7.0 4.5 CO : 5.0 7.5 2.5 2.5 10.0 7.0 CT : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 6.5 FL : 2.0 10.0 7.0 6.0 6.5 5.0 GA : 5.0 4.0 3.5 2.5 6.0 6.0 HI : 3.5 8.0 6.0 3.5 9.0 11.5 IL : 18.0 21.0 0.0 5.0 9.0 7.5 IN : 4.5 5.0 9.0 3.0 7.5 3.5 IA : 5.0 3.0 3.5 2.5 5.5 3.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 MD : 7.0 6.5 12.0 9.5 3.5 6.5 MI : 3.0 5.5 2.0 2.0 6.0 4.5 MN : 4.5 3.0 2.5 1.5 6.5 3.5 MS : 2.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 MO : 6.0 4.5 3.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 NE : 7.5 7.0 4.5 10.5 8.0 3.5 NY : 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 NC : 0.5 1.5 0.0 3.5 2.0 3.0 OH : 4.0 3.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 OK : 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 OR : 2.5 2.0 3.0 0.0 2.5 0.5 PA : 5.0 4.5 3.5 5.0 4.5 6.0 SC : 4.0 8.5 2.5 4.0 5.5 6.5 SD : 5.0 4.0 4.5 3.5 4.5 3.0 TX : 4.0 6.0 5.0 5.5 7.0 3.5 VA : 0.5 6.0 3.5 0.0 3.5 4.5 WA : 11.0 5.5 11.5 3.0 15.0 11.0 WI : 3.5 7.5 2.5 5.5 10.0 6.5 : 30 Sts : 4.0 4.5 3.7 3.5 5.5 4.3 : Oth Sts 1/ : 5.8 6.5 3.4 5.4 9.3 3.9 : US : 4.1 4.6 3.7 3.6 5.7 4.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 3.5 4.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 0.0 AR : 1.0 3.0 2.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 CA : 4.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.0 CO : 4.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 0.5 12.0 CT : 0.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 0.0 FL : 4.0 8.0 4.5 9.0 4.5 3.0 GA : 3.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 4.0 1.5 HI : 8.5 5.0 13.0 6.0 6.5 7.0 IL : 10.5 7.5 2.5 5.0 0.0 0.0 IN : 4.0 9.0 2.5 2.0 5.5 2.5 IA : 3.0 6.0 3.5 5.5 4.0 3.5 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 0.0 9.0 5.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 MI : 2.5 2.5 6.0 7.0 3.0 0.5 MN : 5.0 0.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 5.5 MS : 3.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 0.0 MO : 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 NE : 6.0 6.5 7.0 9.5 7.0 7.0 NY : 0.5 0.0 3.0 3.5 0.5 0.0 NC : 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 OH : 7.0 6.5 8.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 OK : 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 OR : 7.0 2.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 PA : 3.5 3.5 1.5 5.0 3.5 3.0 SC : 2.5 5.0 5.5 2.0 0.0 5.0 SD : 5.0 6.5 6.0 4.5 4.5 7.5 TX : 2.5 4.0 4.5 3.5 2.0 0.0 VA : 4.5 0.0 6.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 WA : 9.5 5.0 12.0 7.5 14.5 3.0 WI : 0.0 4.5 5.6 10.0 3.5 0.0 : 30 Sts : 3.7 4.7 4.2 4.7 3.8 2.8 : Oth Sts 1/ : 3.4 4.2 3.9 3.0 3.5 1.2 : US : 3.7 4.6 4.2 4.6 3.8 2.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates for individual States are not available. All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 1.0 7.5 0.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 AR : 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 2.5 2.0 CA : 3.0 6.0 5.5 2.5 7.5 6.5 CO : 3.0 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 3.5 CT : 0.0 0.0 3.5 6.0 6.0 3.5 FL : 2.5 6.0 5.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 GA : 3.5 2.0 1.0 1.5 4.5 6.0 HI : 7.5 5.5 7.0 8.5 7.5 4.0 IL : 1.5 10.5 8.5 1.5 3.0 4.5 IN : 3.5 3.0 4.5 1.0 4.0 1.5 IA : 8.5 3.5 4.0 2.5 4.0 5.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 2.5 4.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 10.0 MI : 6.5 3.0 5.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 MN : 9.0 4.5 0.5 4.0 2.5 0.5 MS : 1.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 MO : 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 1.5 NE : 9.0 8.0 6.5 8.0 8.0 7.0 NY : 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 NC : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 OH : 4.5 4.5 8.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 OK : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.5 0.0 OR : 3.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 8.0 4.0 PA : 2.5 4.0 2.5 2.0 4.0 5.0 SC : 2.5 5.5 1.5 0.0 5.5 0.0 SD : 4.0 3.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 3.0 TX : 6.5 7.5 0.5 0.0 4.5 3.0 VA : 1.5 5.5 7.5 7.5 3.0 3.0 WA : 10.5 14.5 9.5 1.0 9.0 11.5 WI : 8.5 5.5 3.5 0.0 6.5 1.0 : 30 Sts : 4.3 4.3 3.4 2.2 4.1 4.1 : Oth Sts 1/ : 6.1 7.2 2.3 1.8 7.4 5.7 : US : 4.4 4.5 3.3 2.2 4.3 4.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 2.5 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 AR : 1.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 1.5 0.0 CA : 4.0 2.0 7.5 7.5 1.5 2.0 CO : 0.0 6.0 1.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 CT : 3.5 0.0 3.5 7.0 0.0 0.0 FL : 3.5 4.5 4.0 4.5 3.5 2.0 GA : 5.5 5.5 3.5 3.5 1.0 0.5 HI : 11.0 5.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 7.5 IL : 5.0 0.5 10.0 8.0 4.5 3.0 IN : 4.5 5.5 4.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 IA : 9.0 10.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 2.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 9.5 0.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 0.0 MI : 7.5 4.0 1.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 MN : 2.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 MS : 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 MO : 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.5 2.0 NE : 8.0 8.5 7.0 9.5 7.0 6.5 NY : 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 NC : 2.0 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 OH : 6.5 2.5 4.0 6.5 5.0 5.5 OK : 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 OR : 8.0 4.5 7.0 7.0 2.0 2.5 PA : 2.5 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 SC : 2.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 SD : 2.5 2.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 9.5 TX : 2.0 4.5 1.5 4.0 1.5 5.5 VA : 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 WA : 5.0 7.5 6.0 11.5 5.0 3.0 WI : 3.5 4.5 3.0 7.0 0.0 2.5 : 30 Sts : 4.4 4.1 3.9 5.2 3.5 2.5 : Oth Sts 1/ : 2.6 4.5 3.4 5.1 2.6 2.2 : US : 4.3 4.1 3.9 5.2 3.4 2.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates for individual States are not available. All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 4.5 7.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 AR : 11.0 7.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 8.0 CA : 32.0 31.5 31.5 33.5 28.0 27.5 CO : 27.5 29.5 29.5 15.0 26.5 19.5 CT : 0.5 0.5 10.0 9.0 5.5 5.0 FL : 33.0 25.0 26.5 29.5 28.5 32.5 GA : 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.5 11.5 14.0 HI : 40.0 40.0 44.0 39.5 39.5 44.5 IL : 21.5 20.5 35.0 32.0 27.0 36.5 IN : 35.0 28.5 29.5 31.5 31.5 33.5 IA : 30.5 33.5 31.0 31.5 29.5 30.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 MD : 25.5 25.5 29.5 34.0 46.0 37.5 MI : 45.0 42.0 31.0 31.5 25.5 23.5 MN : 29.0 29.5 27.0 28.0 29.0 30.0 MS : 10.5 7.0 11.5 10.0 9.0 10.0 MO : 16.0 18.5 20.0 20.0 20.5 21.5 NE : 25.5 24.0 25.5 24.0 26.5 29.5 NY : 4.5 8.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.5 NC : 7.0 6.5 7.5 3.0 5.0 6.0 OH : 20.5 17.5 19.5 16.5 17.0 18.5 OK : 3.0 6.5 5.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 OR : 31.5 32.0 32.5 26.5 30.5 32.5 PA : 21.0 18.5 20.0 19.0 20.5 15.5 SC : 24.5 22.5 29.0 32.5 33.0 31.0 SD : 32.5 30.5 31.5 28.0 30.0 28.0 TX : 17.5 25.0 20.0 22.0 19.0 20.0 VA : 15.5 9.0 10.0 14.0 12.0 13.0 WA : 42.5 47.5 46.5 44.5 39.0 42.0 WI : 31.5 27.0 28.5 30.0 33.0 38.5 : 30 Sts : 22.7 21.9 22.1 22.0 21.4 21.9 : Oth Sts 1/ : 24.3 24.7 25.1 25.6 24.5 27.2 : US : 22.8 22.1 22.3 22.2 21.6 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 12.5 11.0 12.5 14.0 14.5 13.5 AR : 8.0 9.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 11.5 CA : 29.0 27.0 28.5 27.0 28.5 33.0 CO : 23.0 22.5 21.5 24.5 24.5 26.0 CT : 10.5 8.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 0.5 FL : 29.0 32.0 30.5 32.5 30.5 36.0 GA : 15.5 14.5 15.0 17.0 16.0 17.0 HI : 45.5 48.5 42.5 49.5 47.5 47.5 IL : 36.0 43.5 48.5 43.5 46.0 18.0 IN : 32.5 24.5 32.0 29.5 23.5 31.0 IA : 28.5 27.5 31.5 30.5 31.5 32.0 ME : 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 MD : 38.5 27.5 53.5 53.0 53.0 51.0 MI : 25.5 24.0 28.5 28.0 28.0 26.5 MN : 30.5 28.0 29.0 26.5 26.0 28.5 MS : 11.0 10.5 11.5 12.0 11.5 13.0 MO : 24.5 25.0 25.0 19.5 17.0 21.0 NE : 25.5 22.5 25.5 25.0 25.5 23.0 NY : 6.0 4.0 6.5 9.0 11.0 10.5 NC : 8.5 9.0 9.0 10.5 9.5 12.5 OH : 17.5 17.5 19.5 21.5 22.5 21.5 OK : 4.5 6.0 6.5 6.5 7.5 14.0 OR : 27.0 27.0 29.5 30.5 29.0 27.5 PA : 17.0 19.5 16.5 18.0 18.0 17.5 SC : 38.0 31.5 32.0 35.5 32.5 30.5 SD : 28.0 28.5 29.5 31.0 31.5 32.0 TX : 22.5 23.0 24.5 27.0 26.0 15.5 VA : 13.0 13.0 11.5 17.0 16.0 20.0 WA : 46.0 50.5 47.0 43.0 43.5 48.5 WI : 39.5 36.0 34.6 37.0 37.5 39.5 : 30 Sts : 22.5 21.5 23.3 23.6 23.3 23.7 : Oth Sts 1/ : 28.4 28.5 26.3 26.2 26.5 23.3 : US : 22.9 22.0 23.5 23.7 23.5 23.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates for individual States are not available. All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jan : Feb : Mar : Apr : May : Jun : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 10.5 8.0 10.0 8.0 6.5 6.0 AR : 12.0 10.0 10.5 9.5 9.5 8.5 CA : 37.0 40.0 39.5 41.0 36.5 35.5 CO : 23.0 22.5 20.0 23.0 21.0 20.0 CT : 0.5 0.5 4.0 3.0 8.0 7.5 FL : 31.5 29.0 27.5 28.5 31.0 27.5 GA : 18.5 16.5 16.0 17.0 14.5 13.5 HI : 52.5 48.5 53.0 50.0 54.5 57.0 IL : 34.0 30.0 32.5 29.0 27.0 14.5 IN : 33.5 32.5 30.5 34.0 30.0 33.5 IA : 30.5 33.5 34.0 35.0 34.5 35.5 ME : 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 48.5 23.0 24.5 26.5 32.5 27.0 MI : 29.0 29.0 31.0 30.0 29.5 27.5 MN : 22.5 31.5 23.0 30.5 34.0 33.0 MS : 12.0 10.0 13.5 12.0 10.0 8.0 MO : 22.0 20.0 16.0 17.0 15.0 13.5 NE : 21.5 23.5 23.0 23.5 20.5 25.0 NY : 7.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 4.5 NC : 11.0 13.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 8.0 OH : 22.0 25.0 23.5 26.5 29.0 25.0 OK : 7.0 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 8.0 OR : 35.0 37.0 28.5 30.0 26.5 28.0 PA : 16.5 17.0 18.5 19.0 18.5 19.0 SC : 27.5 24.5 25.5 24.0 19.5 22.0 SD : 29.5 26.0 26.0 22.0 21.0 22.0 TX : 22.5 21.0 25.5 24.5 22.5 24.5 VA : 14.5 14.5 12.0 15.0 14.0 14.0 WA : 47.0 42.5 42.0 43.5 40.0 43.5 WI : 36.0 32.5 33.5 33.0 29.0 29.5 : 30 Sts : 23.7 23.9 23.5 24.5 23.6 23.3 : Oth Sts 1/ : 23.7 24.7 26.1 25.1 22.4 25.8 : US : 23.7 24.0 23.7 24.6 23.5 23.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States and US, 2003 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : State : Jul : Aug : Sep : Oct : Nov : Dec : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 7.0 7.0 AR : 10.5 10.5 9.5 10.5 12.0 11.0 CA : 39.0 37.0 35.0 34.0 37.5 35.5 CO : 21.0 20.5 23.5 24.5 25.0 20.5 CT : 7.5 10.0 7.5 11.0 14.0 14.0 FL : 27.0 29.5 27.5 28.5 30.0 27.0 GA : 14.5 15.5 18.0 17.5 18.5 17.5 HI : 45.0 56.0 49.5 51.5 48.5 49.0 IL : 22.5 26.5 27.0 28.5 34.5 32.0 IN : 33.5 32.5 34.0 33.0 37.0 32.0 IA : 32.0 31.5 30.0 30.0 28.0 28.0 ME : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MD : 31.5 27.5 26.0 23.0 26.0 25.5 MI : 31.0 21.5 26.0 27.0 31.0 33.5 MN : 31.0 28.5 26.5 25.0 24.5 26.0 MS : 12.0 11.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 MO : 12.5 12.0 15.0 11.5 14.0 12.0 NE : 24.5 23.0 21.5 21.5 21.5 22.5 NY : 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.5 3.5 4.0 NC : 10.0 11.0 11.0 12.0 11.0 10.5 OH : 26.0 26.0 24.5 24.0 21.0 22.0 OK : 7.5 8.5 8.0 8.5 8.5 8.0 OR : 30.5 32.5 36.5 34.5 40.0 24.5 PA : 19.5 20.5 20.0 20.5 22.5 23.5 SC : 22.0 23.5 23.5 20.0 19.5 21.0 SD : 22.5 21.5 19.5 21.0 21.0 21.0 TX : 24.0 21.0 14.5 22.5 26.0 17.5 VA : 14.0 17.5 17.5 17.5 18.5 7.0 WA : 41.5 37.5 42.5 41.5 48.5 45.0 WI : 29.5 29.5 29.5 28.5 32.5 31.5 : 30 Sts : 23.5 23.0 22.5 22.7 23.8 22.5 : Oth Sts 1/ : 29.2 29.7 27.1 28.4 28.4 24.9 : US : 23.9 23.5 22.8 23.1 24.1 22.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During December, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 2/ : All Hatching Type 2/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 200 183 64 53 136 130 AR : 285 280 115 108 170 172 CA : 534 520 CO : 80 92 CT : 76 76 FL : 246 229 231 219 15 10 GA : 444 443 265 270 179 173 HI : 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.0 0 0 IL : 80 83 77 80 3 3 IN : 499 515 486 503 13 12 IA : 812 873 ME : 90 73 MD : 85 82 80 79 5 3 MI : 152 162 MN : 263 248 254 239 9 9 MS : 135 135 45 45 90 90 MO : 152 158 NE : 242 251 242 251 0 0 NY : 94 91 NC : 216 217 80 84 136 133 OH : 685 669 OK : 78 82 45 48 33 34 OR : 68 67 67 65 1 2 PA : 552 581 536 564 16 17 SC : 128 111 110 93 18 18 SD : 51 47 51 47 0 0 TX : 424 405 VA : 66 66 34 32 32 34 WA : 117 115 WI : 117 102 : 30 Sts : 6,981 6,966 5,989 5,993 992 973 : Oth Sts 3/: 463 485 373 399 89 85 : US : 7,444 7,451 6,362 6,392 1,081 1,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ December preceding year. 2/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 3/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During January, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 202 189 64 52 138 137 AR : 280 282 106 101 174 181 CA : 527 495 CO : 75 89 CT : 77 73 FL : 233 230 218 221 15 9 GA : 420 425 243 253 177 172 HI : 10.0 10.2 10.0 10.2 0 0 IL : 74 78 70 74 4 4 IN : 486 511 473 499 13 12 IA : 830 873 ME : 99 85 MD : 77 80 72 77 5 3 MI : 148 160 MN : 278 257 269 248 9 9 MS : 132 134 41 42 91 92 MO : 148 155 NE : 241 257 241 257 0 0 NY : 94 87 NC : 214 214 77 81 137 133 OH : 663 667 OK : 81 83 47 47 34 36 OR : 66 67 64 65 2 2 PA : 548 593 531 575 17 18 SC : 117 110 99 91 18 19 SD : 51 51 51 51 0 0 TX : 391 395 VA : 66 68 30 31 36 37 WA : 117 109 WI : 105 90 : 30 Sts : 6,850 6,917 5,846 5,916 1,004 1,001 : Oth Sts 2/: 454 473 362 385 91 87 : US : 7,304 7,390 6,208 6,301 1,095 1,088 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During February, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 183 172 56 49 127 123 AR : 254 262 97 91 157 171 CA : 479 432 CO : 68 79 CT : 70 58 FL : 205 214 192 207 13 7 GA : 381 382 222 226 159 156 HI : 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 0 0 IL : 67 72 64 68 3 4 IN : 439 459 427 448 12 11 IA : 753 773 ME : 90 87 MD : 67 68 63 65 4 3 MI : 139 147 MN : 255 234 246 226 9 8 MS : 120 124 38 40 82 84 MO : 138 141 NE : 220 237 220 237 0 0 NY : 87 78 NC : 192 194 68 72 124 122 OH : 595 590 OK : 74 73 43 42 31 31 OR : 58 61 56 59 2 2 PA : 499 529 483 514 16 15 SC : 104 106 88 88 16 18 SD : 45 49 45 49 0 0 TX : 353 363 VA : 60 58 26 24 34 34 WA : 105 98 WI : 90 80 : 30 Sts : 6,199 6,229 5,291 5,316 908 913 : Oth Sts 2/: 419 436 336 357 82 78 : US : 6,618 6,665 5,627 5,673 990 991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During March, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 199 190 57 54 142 136 AR : 289 298 109 107 180 191 CA : 541 461 CO : 81 89 CT : 76 66 FL : 230 244 217 235 13 9 GA : 433 433 255 259 178 174 HI : 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.0 0 0 IL : 78 83 74 79 4 4 IN : 498 521 485 508 13 13 IA : 849 848 ME : 90 99 MD : 76 69 72 66 4 3 MI : 159 161 MN : 275 258 265 249 10 9 MS : 137 140 45 47 92 93 MO : 153 158 NE : 244 261 244 261 0 0 NY : 97 89 NC : 216 215 78 78 138 137 OH : 680 645 OK : 82 81 47 47 35 34 OR : 62 62 60 61 2 1 PA : 552 587 535 571 17 16 SC : 118 121 99 101 19 20 SD : 50 57 50 57 0 0 TX : 425 416 VA : 69 62 32 23 37 39 WA : 118 107 WI : 102 95 : 30 Sts : 6,989 6,926 5,972 5,907 1,017 1,019 : Oth Sts 2/: 470 498 380 409 89 89 : US : 7,459 7,424 6,352 6,316 1,106 1,108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During April, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 190 182 52 49 138 133 AR : 284 288 102 100 182 188 CA : 509 427 CO : 82 90 CT : 71 65 FL : 221 229 209 220 12 9 GA : 415 419 240 247 175 172 HI : 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.0 0 0 IL : 75 77 72 74 3 3 IN : 483 503 471 490 12 13 IA : 837 844 ME : 88 97 MD : 72 66 68 63 4 3 MI : 157 152 MN : 254 252 245 244 9 8 MS : 130 132 40 42 90 90 MO : 149 153 NE : 238 252 238 252 0 0 NY : 89 88 NC : 210 208 73 76 137 132 OH : 646 638 OK : 79 78 45 45 34 33 OR : 62 57 60 56 2 1 PA : 534 563 517 547 17 16 SC : 113 115 94 96 19 19 SD : 48 61 48 61 0 0 TX : 393 401 VA : 65 63 30 24 35 39 WA : 115 104 WI : 91 94 : 30 Sts : 6,710 6,708 5,708 5,712 1,002 996 : Oth Sts 2/: 435 479 346 391 88 88 : US : 7,145 7,187 6,054 6,103 1,090 1,084 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During May, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 193 187 50 48 143 139 AR : 290 290 104 95 186 195 CA : 521 432 CO : 88 93 CT : 71 66 FL : 230 228 217 219 13 9 GA : 413 428 228 250 185 178 HI : 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.8 0 0 IL : 78 77 75 74 3 3 IN : 499 516 486 503 13 13 IA : 851 845 ME : 95 99 MD : 78 65 73 61 5 4 MI : 162 160 MN : 259 256 250 247 9 9 MS : 133 137 39 43 94 94 MO : 154 157 NE : 255 265 255 265 0 0 NY : 91 91 NC : 217 220 74 81 143 139 OH : 663 643 OK : 81 79 46 45 35 34 OR : 65 63 63 61 2 2 PA : 557 575 538 558 19 17 SC : 115 115 95 95 20 20 SD : 49 66 49 66 0 0 TX : 392 405 VA : 60 66 27 27 33 39 WA : 117 107 WI : 89 96 : 30 Sts : 6,876 6,837 5,834 5,803 1,042 1,034 : Oth Sts 2/: 455 490 359 397 95 93 : US : 7,331 7,327 6,193 6,200 1,137 1,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During June, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 185 179 45 45 140 134 AR : 278 278 99 89 179 189 CA : 515 427 CO : 84 89 CT : 69 62 FL : 221 227 209 217 12 10 GA : 393 407 214 235 179 172 HI : 9.6 9.3 9.6 9.3 0 0 IL : 72 78 69 75 3 3 IN : 493 502 481 491 12 11 IA : 816 833 ME : 91 93 MD : 75 58 71 55 4 3 MI : 157 156 MN : 261 244 252 235 9 9 MS : 130 135 40 44 90 91 MO : 151 152 NE : 251 264 251 264 0 0 NY : 89 86 NC : 207 212 72 80 135 132 OH : 667 611 OK : 80 75 46 43 34 32 OR : 61 63 59 61 2 2 PA : 540 556 522 540 18 16 SC : 111 109 92 89 19 20 SD : 46 63 46 63 0 0 TX : 389 393 VA : 54 64 24 28 30 36 WA : 116 109 WI : 91 96 : 30 Sts : 6,703 6,630 5,703 5,641 1,000 989 : Oth Sts 2/: 460 475 369 387 91 88 : US : 7,163 7,105 6,072 6,028 1,091 1,077 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During July, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 187 183 45 46 142 137 AR : 282 291 99 99 183 192 CA : 529 450 CO : 90 91 CT : 72 67 FL : 220 240 208 229 12 11 GA : 397 420 216 246 181 174 HI : 10.0 9.7 10.0 9.7 0 0 IL : 68 87 65 84 3 3 IN : 501 504 490 493 11 11 IA : 879 913 ME : 96 96 MD : 78 57 75 54 3 3 MI : 166 158 MN : 263 251 253 242 10 9 MS : 137 136 42 44 95 92 MO : 161 159 NE : 261 273 261 273 0 0 NY : 91 87 NC : 212 216 77 85 135 131 OH : 688 650 OK : 82 77 47 45 35 32 OR : 60 68 58 66 2 2 PA : 552 569 535 553 17 16 SC : 115 114 96 95 19 19 SD : 46 68 46 68 0 0 TX : 405 402 VA : 58 63 28 27 30 36 WA : 122 116 WI : 99 97 : 30 Sts : 6,927 6,913 5,911 5,914 1,016 999 : Oth Sts 2/: 469 490 379 402 90 87 : US : 7,396 7,403 6,290 6,316 1,106 1,086 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During August, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 189 185 48 49 141 136 AR : 280 284 97 101 183 183 CA : 526 448 CO : 92 89 CT : 69 68 FL : 228 241 215 231 13 10 GA : 408 425 230 252 178 173 HI : 9.6 10.0 9.6 10.0 0 0 IL : 71 87 67 83 4 4 IN : 514 501 502 490 12 11 IA : 880 885 ME : 92 99 MD : 78 61 75 58 3 3 MI : 167 159 MN : 258 249 248 240 10 9 MS : 139 133 42 41 97 92 MO : 162 162 NE : 261 272 261 272 0 0 NY : 92 88 NC : 212 209 81 83 131 126 OH : 690 654 OK : 81 77 47 44 34 33 OR : 63 69 61 67 2 2 PA : 550 562 534 546 16 16 SC : 113 118 95 99 18 19 SD : 46 75 46 75 0 0 TX : 397 395 VA : 58 59 29 26 29 33 WA : 115 115 WI : 96 96 : 30 Sts : 6,937 6,875 5,930 5,895 1,007 980 : Oth Sts 2/: 464 492 377 401 87 90 : US : 7,401 7,367 6,307 6,296 1,094 1,070 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During September, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 187 179 50 48 137 131 AR : 265 270 94 94 171 176 CA : 516 431 CO : 88 87 CT : 66 62 FL : 226 231 213 223 13 8 GA : 408 411 237 245 171 166 HI : 9.1 9.7 9.1 9.7 0 0 IL : 70 80 67 77 3 3 IN : 519 489 507 477 12 12 IA : 840 871 ME : 86 98 MD : 74 66 71 64 3 2 MI : 156 155 MN : 252 237 243 229 9 8 MS : 131 129 40 41 91 88 MO : 157 156 NE : 255 262 255 262 0 0 NY : 90 87 NC : 203 201 77 80 126 121 OH : 661 617 OK : 77 74 45 43 32 31 OR : 63 67 61 65 2 2 PA : 532 541 518 527 14 14 SC : 113 116 95 97 18 19 SD : 46 75 46 75 0 0 TX : 388 382 VA : 56 56 29 26 27 30 WA : 105 107 WI : 89 94 : 30 Sts : 6,728 6,641 5,767 5,706 960 935 : Oth Sts 2/: 459 471 372 389 87 82 : US : 7,187 7,112 6,139 6,095 1,047 1,017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During October, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 189 183 52 48 137 135 AR : 274 285 103 97 171 188 CA : 536 456 CO : 90 91 CT : 70 65 FL : 237 246 226 237 11 9 GA : 428 432 249 259 179 173 HI : 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 0 0 IL : 78 86 74 83 4 3 IN : 534 506 521 493 13 13 IA : 885 950 ME : 88 101 MD : 80 71 77 69 3 2 MI : 160 162 MN : 259 240 250 232 9 8 MS : 134 134 42 44 92 90 MO : 159 160 NE : 262 271 262 271 0 0 NY : 95 89 NC : 212 211 81 83 131 128 OH : 657 629 OK : 79 78 47 45 32 33 OR : 66 71 65 69 1 2 PA : 557 562 543 548 14 14 SC : 120 120 101 101 19 19 SD : 46 76 46 76 0 0 TX : 413 396 VA : 60 59 31 27 29 32 WA : 109 110 WI : 92 98 : 30 Sts : 6,979 6,948 5,998 5,973 981 975 : Oth Sts 2/: 476 491 388 408 88 83 : US : 7,455 7,439 6,386 6,381 1,069 1,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Eggs: Production by Type During November, 30 Selected States and US, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Total : Table Egg Type 1/ : All Hatching Type 1/ State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Million Eggs : AL : 177 178 52 48 125 130 AR : 272 276 105 97 167 179 CA : 519 460 CO : 90 94 CT : 69 67 FL : 234 245 223 236 11 9 GA : 427 422 254 256 173 166 HI : 9.8 9.6 9.8 9.6 0 0 IL : 82 85 79 82 3 3 IN : 508 508 495 496 13 12 IA : 860 938 ME : 75 94 MD : 81 70 78 68 3 2 MI : 160 159 MN : 247 236 238 228 9 8 MS : 130 130 43 42 87 88 MO : 153 148 NE : 247 261 247 261 0 0 NY : 91 87 NC : 207 206 81 80 126 126 OH : 645 629 OK : 77 76 46 44 31 32 OR : 66 68 65 66 1 2 PA : 547 536 532 522 15 14 SC : 113 118 96 99 17 19 SD : 44 73 44 73 0 0 TX : 404 392 VA : 62 60 31 27 31 33 WA : 113 110 WI : 97 99 : 30 Sts : 6,807 6,835 5,865 5,893 941 942 : Oth Sts 2/: 469 491 388 408 80 83 : US : 7,276 7,326 6,253 6,301 1,021 1,025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data by type of flock not shown for some States to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ Estimates for individual States are not available. Chickens: Layers on Hand by State and United States, December 1, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Layers 1 Year Old : Layers 20 Weeks Old : : and Older : But Less Than 1 Year : Total Layers State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 3,061 2,851 6,584 6,477 9,645 9,328 AR : 3,475 4,860 10,837 9,896 14,312 14,756 CA : 13,575 12,400 9,067 8,537 22,642 20,937 CO : 1,852 2,270 2,285 2,030 4,137 4,300 CT : 1,021 1,461 2,026 1,412 3,047 2,873 FL : 6,060 5,139 4,523 5,867 10,583 11,006 GA : 7,811 8,665 12,768 11,942 20,579 20,607 HI : 381 357 142 129 523 486 ID : 454 557 374 337 828 894 IL : 1,679 1,989 1,912 1,886 3,591 3,875 IN : 12,291 13,437 10,727 10,167 23,018 23,604 IA : 16,588 22,590 21,911 18,632 38,499 41,222 KY : 1,375 2,410 2,975 2,470 4,350 4,880 LA : 850 440 1,024 1,469 1,874 1,909 ME : 1,711 1,674 2,474 2,451 4,185 4,125 MD : 1,775 1,751 1,713 1,178 3,488 2,929 MA : 68 53 214 174 282 227 MI : 5,149 5,272 2,132 1,795 7,281 7,067 MN : 6,061 5,055 5,399 6,255 11,460 11,310 MS : 1,435 1,851 5,268 4,948 6,703 6,799 MO : 3,489 3,600 3,272 2,900 6,761 6,500 MT : 85 115 270 240 355 355 NE : 6,446 7,006 5,090 4,794 11,536 11,800 NH : 58 11 90 130 148 141 NJ : 1,039 977 1,030 1,020 2,069 1,997 NY : 1,526 1,750 2,170 1,950 3,696 3,700 NC : 3,352 3,752 7,224 7,123 10,576 10,875 OH : 16,975 15,874 14,020 13,282 30,995 29,156 OK : 1,623 1,601 2,571 2,536 4,194 4,137 OR : 1,555 1,630 1,228 1,303 2,783 2,933 PA : 7,802 14,219 16,378 9,161 24,180 23,380 SC : 1,816 2,630 3,480 2,774 5,296 5,404 SD : 948 1,041 1,400 2,311 2,348 3,352 TN : 325 150 931 1,190 1,256 1,340 TX : 7,247 6,387 11,528 11,955 18,775 18,342 UT : 1,781 1,777 1,571 1,617 3,352 3,394 VT : 99 8 95 164 194 172 VA : 980 1,780 2,182 1,481 3,162 3,261 WA : 3,406 3,803 1,756 1,103 5,162 4,906 WV : 86 203 1,020 969 1,106 1,172 WI : 2,500 2,490 1,840 1,830 4,340 4,320 WY : 8 8 4 4 12 12 : Oth Sts 1/ : 3,209 3,369 2,671 2,837 5,880 6,206 : US : 153,027 169,263 186,176 170,726 339,203 339,989 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Pullets Not of Laying Age and Other Chickens by State and United States, December 1, 2002-2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :Pullets 13 Weeks Old : Pullet Chicks : : and Older But Less : and Pullets Under : Other State : Than 20 Weeks : 13 Weeks of Age : Chickens :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 2,148 1,896 2,237 2,087 1,226 1,114 AR : 2,460 2,668 4,715 4,497 1,300 1,400 CA : 1,670 1,900 3,214 3,082 68 62 CO : 156 240 412 508 75 52 CT : 241 303 501 563 4 6 FL : 901 1,013 1,422 1,223 106 56 GA : 2,922 2,601 5,255 4,895 1,540 1,405 HI : 44 67 58 47 0 0 ID : 185 72 225 202 7 9 IL : 122 225 268 113 21 19 IN : 2,393 2,401 3,625 2,783 62 77 IA : 4,987 5,664 3,454 3,936 50 60 KY : 845 781 805 1,256 195 239 LA : 295 267 315 290 76 124 ME : 427 360 1,173 984 5 4 MD : 468 380 416 430 48 30 MA : 2 50 52 3 0 0 MI : 606 1,278 1,364 1,386 0 0 MN : 820 1,410 2,355 1,820 50 60 MS : 1,313 1,412 2,134 1,978 664 795 MO : 816 775 793 830 185 175 MT : 61 40 63 89 1 1 NE : 963 562 1,248 1,861 0 0 NH : 14 16 59 52 8 10 NJ : 0 0 89 137 0 0 NY : 450 496 730 506 16 13 NC : 2,639 2,625 2,825 2,788 1,002 1,162 OH : 3,296 3,731 3,568 4,754 24 22 OK : 380 393 874 879 292 245 OR : 195 232 415 418 7 8 PA : 2,362 2,193 2,623 3,742 92 93 SC : 389 521 745 695 168 158 SD : 158 175 171 183 0 0 TN : 317 362 453 393 174 165 TX : 2,452 2,756 3,851 4,436 428 450 UT : 407 239 93 261 1 0 VT : 4 23 1 2 2 2 VA : 659 419 507 581 245 248 WA : 179 631 1,141 692 2 1 WV : 310 348 400 411 150 129 WI : 330 100 891 1,050 39 30 WY : 2 2 2 2 1 1 : Oth Sts 1/ : 291 403 1,104 1,446 19 13 : US : 39,679 42,030 56,646 58,291 8,353 8,438 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Chickens: Number, Value per Head and Total Value by State and United States, December 1, 2002-2003 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : Value per Head : Total Value State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 : 2002 : 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- Dollars --- --- 1,000 Dollars --- : AL : 15,256 14,425 3.60 4.20 54,922 60,585 AR : 22,787 23,321 4.70 4.20 107,099 97,822 CA : 27,594 25,981 1.90 1.90 50,204 45,969 CO : 4,780 5,100 2.00 1.90 9,560 9,690 CT : 3,793 3,745 2.30 2.60 8,724 9,737 FL : 13,012 13,298 1.90 1.90 24,723 25,266 GA : 30,296 29,508 3.40 3.50 103,006 103,278 HI : 625 600 1.70 1.70 1,063 1,020 ID : 1,245 1,177 1.80 1.70 2,241 2,001 IL : 4,002 4,232 1.40 1.20 5,603 5,078 IN : 29,098 28,865 1.10 1.40 32,008 40,411 IA : 46,990 50,882 1.40 1.60 65,786 81,411 KY : 6,195 7,156 3.20 3.70 19,824 26,477 LA : 2,560 2,590 2.90 3.50 7,424 9,065 ME : 5,790 5,473 2.20 2.50 12,738 13,683 MD : 4,420 3,769 2.60 3.20 11,492 12,061 MA : 336 280 3.10 3.20 1,042 896 MI : 9,251 9,731 1.70 2.80 15,727 27,247 MN : 14,685 14,600 1.30 1.40 19,091 20,440 MS : 10,814 10,984 4.90 4.80 52,989 52,723 MO : 8,555 8,280 2.30 2.20 19,677 18,216 MT : 480 485 3.10 3.10 1,488 1,504 NE : 13,747 14,223 1.80 1.80 24,745 25,601 NH : 229 219 3.30 3.80 756 832 NJ : 2,158 2,134 1.00 1.10 2,158 2,347 NY : 4,892 4,715 1.60 1.90 7,827 8,959 NC : 17,042 17,450 4.80 4.50 81,802 78,525 OH : 37,883 37,663 1.30 1.50 49,248 56,495 OK : 5,740 5,654 4.90 4.00 28,126 22,616 OR : 3,400 3,591 2.20 2.00 7,480 7,182 PA : 29,257 29,408 1.80 1.90 52,663 55,875 SC : 6,598 6,778 2.70 3.00 17,815 20,334 SD : 2,677 3,710 1.80 2.50 4,819 9,275 TN : 2,200 2,260 6.10 6.10 13,420 13,786 TX : 25,506 25,984 2.20 2.40 56,113 62,362 UT : 3,853 3,894 1.70 2.30 6,550 8,956 VT : 201 199 2.50 2.90 503 577 VA : 4,573 4,509 4.80 4.50 21,950 20,291 WA : 6,484 6,230 2.40 2.50 15,562 15,575 WV : 1,966 2,060 4.70 4.70 9,240 9,682 WI : 5,600 5,500 2.00 1.80 11,200 9,900 WY : 17 17 3.30 3.30 56 56 : Oth Sts 2/ : 7,294 8,068 1.89 1.80 13,766 14,498 : US : 443,881 448,748 2.37 2.47 1,052,230 1,108,304 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes commercial broilers. 2/ AK, AZ, DE, KS, ND, NM, NV, and RI combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Index Page All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and United States , 2002 . . . . . 20 All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States and United States, 2003. . . . . . 22 All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 All Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 All Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 All Layers: Number on Hand First Day of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 All Layers and Eggs: Annual Average Number of Layers, Eggs per Layer, and Total Egg Production by State and United States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 All Layers: Percent Being Force Molted and Molt Completed, First Day of the Month, by Month, United States, 2002-200314 All Layers: Percent Being Force Molted and Molt Completed, First Day of the Month, by Month, 30 Selected States, 2002-200315 All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of Month, 30 Selected States and United States, 2002. . . . . . 28 All Layers: Percent Being Molted First Day of Month, 30 Selected States and United States, 2003. . . . . . 30 All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of Month, 30 Selected States and United States, 2002. . . . . . 32 All Layers: Percent Molt Completed First Day of Month, 30 Selected States and United States, 2003. . . . . . 34 Index (continued) Page All Pullets: Number on Hand, First Day of the Month, United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 All Pullets: Number on Hand, First Day of the Month, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chickens: Layers on Hand, by State and United States, December 1, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Chickens: Number, Value per Head and Total Value, by State and United States, December 1, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . 50 Chickens: Pullets Not of Laying Age and Other Chickens, by State and United States, December 1, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . 49 Disposition: Number Slaughtered , Lost and Added During the Month, United States 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Disposition: Number Slaughtered , Lost and Added During the Month, 30 Selected States 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Eggs: Annual Number of Eggs Produced by Type, State, and United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Eggs: Number Laid per 100 For All Layers During the Month, 30 Selected States, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Eggs: Number Laid per 100 For All Layers During the Month, 30 Selected States, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month, by Type, United States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month, by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . 12 Index (continued) Page Eggs: Production by Type During December, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Eggs: Production by Type During January, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Eggs: Production by Type During February, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Eggs: Production by Type During March, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Eggs: Production by Type During April, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Eggs: Production by Type During May, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Eggs: Production by Type During June, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Eggs: Production by Type During July, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Eggs: Production by Type During August, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Eggs: Production by Type During September, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Eggs: Production by Type During October, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Eggs: Production by Type During November, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Index (continued) Page Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . 13 Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . 11 Hatching Type Eggs: Number Laid per 100 Layers First Day of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . 13 Hatching Type Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hatching Type Eggs: Production During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hatching Type Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003. . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Hatching Type Layers: Average Number on Hand During the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . .9 Hatching Type Layers: Number on Hand First Day, of the Month by Type, United States, 2002-2003 . . . . . .7 Hatching Type Layers: Number on Hand First Day, of the Month by Type, 30 Selected States, 2002-2003. . . .9 Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States, 2002 . . . 16 Table Egg Layers: Average Number in Flocks 30,000 and Above on Hand During the Month, 30 Selected States, 2003 . . . 18 Released January 29, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 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