Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released May 11, 2022, 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 241 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 7, 2022, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.1 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 7, 2022, down slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through May 7, 2022 for the United States were 3.35 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 2, : April 9, : April 16, : April 23, : April 30, : May 7, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,908 34,398 34,750 34,906 35,104 34,502 Arkansas .....................: 24,657 24,903 24,909 24,569 24,561 24,617 Delaware .....................: 4,818 4,762 4,724 4,561 4,964 4,723 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,087 34,970 35,294 34,973 35,086 35,212 Kentucky .....................: 5,501 5,448 5,617 5,669 7,022 6,509 Louisiana ....................: 3,290 3,320 3,290 3,290 3,351 3,380 Maryland .....................: 8,038 7,976 8,007 8,006 8,007 8,000 Mississippi ..................: 16,823 16,698 15,562 15,545 16,103 17,254 Missouri .....................: 9,576 9,248 9,561 9,648 9,648 9,648 : North Carolina ...............: 26,152 25,127 25,820 25,995 26,202 25,744 Oklahoma .....................: 7,870 7,561 7,601 7,673 7,626 7,601 Pennsylvania .................: 6,303 6,509 6,498 6,484 6,452 6,274 South Carolina ...............: 5,861 5,645 5,550 5,542 5,483 5,376 Texas ........................: 18,771 18,735 18,832 19,115 19,197 18,870 Virginia .....................: 6,637 6,816 6,820 6,820 6,816 6,665 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,775 13,006 12,978 13,079 12,733 13,131 : Other States .................: 12,185 12,724 12,080 12,759 12,415 12,174 : United States ................: 240,446 239,040 239,087 239,828 241,964 240,874 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : April 2, : April 9, : April 16, : April 23, : April 30, : May 7, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,025 24,538 24,673 25,476 25,407 24,628 Arkansas .....................: 21,481 21,015 21,734 21,961 21,349 22,083 Delaware .....................: 4,408 4,557 4,069 4,640 4,647 5,957 Florida ......................: 1,322 1,311 1,311 1,426 1,436 1,332 Georgia ......................: 27,551 27,303 26,721 25,277 25,330 27,311 Kentucky .....................: 4,676 4,771 4,785 4,724 4,862 5,058 Louisiana ....................: 2,591 2,673 2,713 2,715 2,774 2,757 Maryland .....................: 5,105 5,866 6,346 6,078 5,310 4,750 Mississippi ..................: 13,632 13,501 13,657 13,732 13,685 12,720 Missouri .....................: 7,187 5,957 6,161 5,872 6,050 6,036 : North Carolina ...............: 20,391 21,401 20,076 20,357 20,176 20,224 Oklahoma .....................: 3,531 5,323 5,104 5,213 5,456 5,016 Pennsylvania .................: 4,314 4,434 4,395 4,214 4,336 4,347 South Carolina ...............: 4,829 3,797 4,884 4,652 4,393 4,972 Texas ........................: 14,660 14,814 14,809 14,802 14,598 14,830 Virginia .....................: 6,570 5,509 5,754 6,018 6,227 5,645 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,163 11,414 10,963 11,490 11,457 10,503 : Other States .................: 9,912 9,586 9,357 9,246 9,730 9,159 : United States ................: 187,348 187,770 187,512 187,893 187,223 187,328 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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