Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 16, 2025, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 251 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 12, 2025, up 2 percent 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 Up 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 194 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 12, 2025, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through July 12, 2025 for the United States were 5.39 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 7, : June 14, : June 21, : June 28, : July 5, : July 12, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,450 35,322 35,033 35,012 35,180 34,553 Arkansas .....................: 26,616 26,307 25,843 26,486 26,381 26,318 Delaware .....................: 5,741 5,721 5,741 5,722 5,757 5,741 Georgia ......................: 35,248 34,931 35,094 35,246 34,898 35,392 Kentucky .....................: 8,510 8,497 8,465 8,489 8,184 8,239 Maryland .....................: 8,413 8,417 8,513 8,481 8,521 8,534 Mississippi ..................: 18,152 18,106 18,021 17,971 18,129 17,960 Missouri .....................: 9,226 9,163 9,162 9,167 8,898 9,101 : North Carolina ...............: 26,514 26,446 26,238 26,356 26,389 26,313 Oklahoma .....................: 5,817 5,971 5,793 5,893 6,145 6,145 Pennsylvania .................: 8,849 8,916 8,812 8,854 8,716 8,940 South Carolina ...............: 6,235 5,939 6,175 6,151 6,070 6,100 Texas ........................: 19,760 19,505 19,668 19,776 19,342 19,610 Virginia .....................: 5,668 5,450 5,638 5,651 5,657 5,654 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,965 15,757 15,967 15,595 15,590 15,552 : Other States .................: 16,942 16,893 17,085 17,037 17,070 17,167 : United States ................: 253,106 251,341 251,248 251,887 250,927 251,319 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 7, : June 14, : June 21, : June 28, : July 5, : July 12, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,596 24,500 24,050 23,758 24,038 24,763 Arkansas .....................: 22,138 23,235 22,044 21,662 21,913 21,802 Delaware .....................: 4,792 6,388 5,565 6,053 4,855 5,678 Georgia ......................: 27,468 26,626 28,304 27,653 27,112 27,491 Kentucky .....................: 6,425 6,045 6,566 6,449 6,458 6,469 Maryland .....................: 7,325 5,563 6,492 5,866 6,420 5,638 Mississippi ..................: 14,396 14,576 14,539 14,455 14,335 14,477 Missouri .....................: 6,266 5,416 5,215 5,424 6,655 5,565 : North Carolina ...............: 20,154 20,382 20,557 20,651 21,301 21,133 Oklahoma .....................: 3,555 3,083 4,536 4,606 3,024 3,669 Pennsylvania .................: 4,903 4,930 4,881 4,990 5,101 5,032 South Carolina ...............: 5,079 4,633 4,892 5,442 4,830 4,363 Texas ........................: 15,283 15,264 15,143 15,242 15,164 15,173 Virginia .....................: 5,041 4,829 5,295 5,167 5,144 5,236 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,769 15,262 13,536 14,041 14,133 13,786 : Other States .................: 13,507 13,677 13,726 13,688 13,851 13,980 : United States ................: 194,697 194,409 195,341 195,147 194,334 194,255 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter............................................. 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