Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 12, 2023, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 239 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 8, 2023, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.4 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 Down 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 8, 2023, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 7, 2023 through April 8, 2023 for the United States were 2.61 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 4, : March 11, : March 18, : March 25, : April 1, : April 8, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,577 34,884 34,326 34,855 34,794 34,568 Arkansas .....................: 24,461 24,268 24,650 24,885 25,176 25,137 Delaware .....................: 5,369 5,491 5,369 5,487 5,417 5,428 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,256 35,240 35,319 35,686 35,050 35,296 Kentucky .....................: 6,580 6,052 6,491 6,224 6,072 6,159 Louisiana ....................: 3,289 3,290 3,290 3,305 3,420 3,632 Maryland .....................: 8,095 8,095 8,091 8,013 8,094 8,092 Mississippi ..................: 17,000 16,680 17,108 16,869 16,167 16,200 Missouri .....................: 9,714 9,660 9,489 9,998 10,038 10,067 : North Carolina ...............: 25,057 24,834 24,988 24,556 25,144 23,777 Oklahoma .....................: 7,510 7,401 7,213 7,723 6,595 7,535 Pennsylvania .................: 6,801 6,760 6,978 6,831 6,784 6,857 South Carolina ...............: 6,046 6,040 5,974 6,061 5,764 5,748 Texas ........................: 18,217 18,127 18,416 18,332 18,378 18,530 Virginia .....................: 6,756 6,724 5,877 5,907 5,907 5,877 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,265 13,450 12,845 13,470 13,213 12,791 : Other States .................: 12,725 12,929 12,294 12,459 12,861 12,374 : United States ................: 241,943 241,150 239,943 241,886 240,099 239,293 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 4, : March 11, : March 18, : March 25, : April 1, : April 8, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,945 24,699 24,647 24,350 24,415 23,721 Arkansas .....................: 22,016 20,279 20,994 21,047 20,184 20,455 Delaware .....................: 5,556 5,030 4,437 4,823 5,007 5,648 Florida ......................: 1,165 1,287 1,207 1,290 1,291 1,295 Georgia ......................: 28,584 27,551 27,479 26,977 27,771 27,860 Kentucky .....................: 6,153 5,008 5,220 5,383 4,656 5,043 Louisiana ....................: 2,859 2,898 2,892 2,862 2,816 2,664 Maryland .....................: 4,982 5,641 5,319 5,718 5,350 4,063 Mississippi ..................: 13,977 13,686 13,518 13,580 13,200 13,469 Missouri .....................: 5,804 6,634 6,452 6,258 6,020 5,997 : North Carolina ...............: 19,063 19,006 18,658 19,879 19,327 18,873 Oklahoma .....................: 3,996 4,700 4,381 4,274 5,074 4,892 Pennsylvania .................: 4,081 4,444 4,558 4,541 4,568 4,633 South Carolina ...............: 4,520 4,743 4,730 4,383 4,314 5,398 Texas ........................: 14,512 14,265 14,364 14,507 14,447 14,916 Virginia .....................: 6,092 5,902 6,617 5,889 5,562 6,264 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,691 11,569 11,562 12,063 12,821 11,741 : Other States .................: 9,237 9,061 9,491 9,510 9,689 9,370 : United States ................: 187,233 186,403 186,526 187,334 186,512 186,302 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 .......... 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