Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 24, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 242 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 20, 2021, up 3 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.3 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 184 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 20, 2021, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through November 20, 2021 for the United States were 8.52 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 16, : October 23, : October 30, : November 6, :November 13, :November 20, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 31,180 31,803 33,001 32,529 33,467 32,855 Arkansas .....................: 23,088 24,667 24,422 24,415 24,808 24,711 Delaware .....................: 4,161 4,440 4,670 4,790 5,028 4,867 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 32,947 33,848 34,814 33,721 35,255 35,388 Kentucky .....................: 7,460 7,866 8,202 7,228 7,740 7,700 Louisiana ....................: 2,976 3,123 3,033 3,229 3,139 3,229 Maryland .....................: 7,643 7,932 7,957 7,918 7,975 7,884 Mississippi ..................: 16,362 16,839 16,735 16,874 16,456 17,571 Missouri .....................: 9,188 9,274 8,605 8,891 9,328 9,509 : North Carolina ...............: 23,728 24,530 24,957 25,047 25,811 25,045 Oklahoma .....................: 7,316 7,734 7,541 7,423 7,748 7,659 Pennsylvania .................: 6,569 6,431 6,409 6,801 6,992 6,905 South Carolina ...............: 5,823 5,859 5,475 5,190 5,613 5,556 Texas ........................: 17,734 18,159 19,320 17,045 18,475 18,766 Virginia .....................: 6,710 6,726 6,496 6,450 6,809 6,822 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,616 12,472 13,579 12,699 13,595 13,426 : Other States .................: 12,370 11,180 11,865 12,650 12,364 12,480 : United States ................: 229,065 234,077 238,275 234,094 241,828 241,598 Percent of previous year .....: 102 106 106 106 108 103 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 16, : October 23, : October 30, : November 6, :November 13, :November 20, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 22,520 21,780 23,335 22,672 22,953 23,416 Arkansas .....................: 20,897 20,726 20,760 19,565 21,237 20,624 Delaware .....................: 4,683 4,634 4,903 5,183 5,035 5,399 Florida ......................: 1,302 1,257 1,335 1,340 1,281 1,342 Georgia ......................: 26,435 26,165 24,540 23,902 25,435 25,461 Kentucky .....................: 6,104 5,750 5,640 5,267 5,695 6,026 Louisiana ....................: 2,711 2,414 2,422 2,506 2,663 2,436 Maryland .....................: 5,250 4,839 4,683 4,604 4,517 4,799 Mississippi ..................: 14,034 12,775 13,745 13,618 14,090 13,903 Missouri .....................: 7,040 6,714 6,325 6,247 6,612 6,229 : North Carolina ...............: 19,481 18,840 18,655 18,983 19,221 19,373 Oklahoma .....................: 3,772 3,678 3,563 4,443 4,421 4,446 Pennsylvania .................: 4,674 4,693 4,755 4,750 4,617 4,675 South Carolina ...............: 4,770 4,916 4,758 5,268 4,398 4,917 Texas ........................: 13,814 13,676 13,537 13,613 14,127 15,339 Virginia .....................: 5,565 5,639 5,485 5,320 5,869 5,649 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 9,386 10,609 10,790 11,527 12,317 11,558 : Other States .................: 8,436 8,796 9,394 9,149 8,194 8,669 : United States ................: 180,874 177,901 178,625 177,957 182,682 184,261 Percent of previous year .....: 102 98 104 99 104 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly from all broiler-type hatcheries that hatch at least one million chicks a year. Individual NASS regional field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries and update their lists on a continual basis. All hatcheries that meet the minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly survey. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone. The weekly United States total for chicks placed includes states receiving greater than 500,000 chicks annually for grow-out. Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS regional field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data. Revisions made to the previous five-week's data during the current week are published in this report. Final estimates are published in the annual Hatchery Production Summary released in April. Reliability: Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ................ (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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