Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 22, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 231 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 18, 2021, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.6 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 183 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 18, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through September 18, 2021 for the United States were 6.91 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 14, : August 21, : August 28, :September 4, :September 11,:September 18, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,565 33,210 33,513 33,682 33,361 32,547 Arkansas .....................: 25,195 25,084 24,524 24,384 22,738 22,197 Delaware .....................: 4,558 4,510 4,474 4,476 4,478 4,480 Florida ......................: 1,186 1,186 1,186 1,186 1,186 1,186 Georgia ......................: 34,526 34,893 34,831 34,680 35,089 33,863 Kentucky .....................: 6,274 7,881 7,284 7,534 7,060 7,568 Louisiana ....................: 3,204 3,259 3,230 3,169 2,780 3,093 Maryland .....................: 7,915 7,939 7,937 7,665 7,794 7,792 Mississippi ..................: 17,065 17,102 16,788 16,191 16,676 16,596 Missouri .....................: 9,625 9,625 9,548 9,508 9,503 8,728 : North Carolina ...............: 24,719 24,733 24,316 24,015 22,918 23,724 Oklahoma .....................: 7,459 7,394 6,966 7,501 6,572 7,342 Pennsylvania .................: 6,725 6,605 6,560 6,712 6,613 6,684 South Carolina ...............: 5,905 5,838 5,610 5,738 5,753 5,892 Texas ........................: 17,804 18,172 17,286 17,199 18,043 17,832 Virginia .....................: 6,727 6,779 6,762 6,752 6,780 6,559 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,991 12,659 12,786 12,819 12,503 12,378 : Other States .................: 12,819 12,365 11,994 12,235 12,470 12,458 : United States ................: 238,262 239,234 235,595 235,446 232,317 230,919 Percent of previous year .....: 103 103 102 102 104 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 14, : August 21, : August 28, :September 4, :September 11,:September 18, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,696 24,385 23,488 23,518 23,371 23,739 Arkansas .....................: 21,381 20,155 21,409 21,387 20,652 20,567 Delaware .....................: 5,197 4,981 5,497 4,547 5,514 4,343 Florida ......................: 1,291 729 860 1,282 1,170 1,250 Georgia ......................: 25,876 27,005 27,527 27,182 25,594 26,322 Kentucky .....................: 6,245 5,672 5,508 5,298 6,226 5,987 Louisiana ....................: 2,721 2,692 2,664 2,804 2,816 2,801 Maryland .....................: 4,729 4,858 4,499 5,622 4,447 5,828 Mississippi ..................: 14,213 14,091 14,114 14,116 14,218 13,815 Missouri .....................: 6,275 6,682 7,208 6,428 6,144 6,433 : North Carolina ...............: 20,204 19,738 19,604 19,307 19,995 18,828 Oklahoma .....................: 4,362 4,532 3,124 3,566 4,480 3,968 Pennsylvania .................: 4,843 4,996 4,730 4,973 4,919 4,812 South Carolina ...............: 4,954 5,177 5,026 4,928 5,147 4,971 Texas ........................: 14,091 14,025 13,865 14,314 14,331 13,930 Virginia .....................: 5,576 5,784 6,266 5,347 5,872 5,802 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,435 10,571 10,770 10,863 11,505 11,075 : Other States .................: 9,387 9,721 9,767 9,443 9,003 8,845 : United States ................: 186,476 185,794 185,926 184,925 185,404 183,316 Percent of previous year .....: 102 101 100 99 99 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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