Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 20, 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 Down Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 238 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 16, 2022, down slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.8 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 16, 2022, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through April 16, 2022 for the United States were 2.79 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 12, : March 19, : March 26, : April 2, : April 9, : April 16, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,716 34,703 34,837 34,908 34,398 34,750 Arkansas .....................: 23,933 24,185 24,658 24,657 24,903 24,909 Delaware .....................: 4,880 4,904 4,946 4,959 4,822 4,828 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,400 35,497 34,651 35,087 34,970 35,294 Kentucky .....................: 5,447 5,507 5,418 5,501 5,448 5,617 Louisiana ....................: 3,078 3,199 3,260 3,290 3,320 3,290 Maryland .....................: 8,038 8,038 7,965 7,983 8,006 8,006 Mississippi ..................: 16,569 16,732 16,641 16,823 16,698 15,562 Missouri .....................: 9,605 9,634 9,634 9,576 9,248 9,561 : North Carolina ...............: 26,262 26,420 25,969 26,152 25,127 25,820 Oklahoma .....................: 7,481 7,710 7,813 7,870 7,561 7,601 Pennsylvania .................: 6,517 6,623 6,512 6,303 6,509 6,498 South Carolina ...............: 5,177 5,259 5,475 5,861 5,645 5,550 Texas ........................: 19,039 18,667 19,086 18,771 18,735 18,651 Virginia .....................: 6,831 6,827 6,831 6,637 6,816 6,182 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,336 13,255 12,797 12,775 13,006 12,739 : Other States .................: 12,718 12,482 12,150 12,185 12,724 12,078 : United States ................: 240,221 240,836 239,837 240,532 239,130 238,130 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 12, : March 19, : March 26, : April 2, : April 9, : April 16, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,476 23,959 25,178 24,025 24,543 24,667 Arkansas .....................: 21,746 22,173 22,689 21,481 21,015 21,734 Delaware .....................: 4,722 4,863 4,255 4,588 4,803 4,753 Florida ......................: 1,129 1,194 1,128 1,322 1,311 1,311 Georgia ......................: 24,998 27,468 25,965 27,551 27,300 26,721 Kentucky .....................: 4,514 4,470 5,129 4,676 4,771 4,785 Louisiana ....................: 2,696 2,659 2,563 2,591 2,673 2,713 Maryland .....................: 4,647 5,481 5,401 5,148 5,989 5,960 Mississippi ..................: 13,845 13,569 13,671 13,632 13,501 13,657 Missouri .....................: 6,164 6,426 6,658 7,187 5,957 6,161 : North Carolina ...............: 20,471 19,645 20,735 20,391 21,401 20,076 Oklahoma .....................: 4,716 3,399 3,082 3,531 5,323 5,104 Pennsylvania .................: 4,264 4,255 4,368 4,314 4,434 4,395 South Carolina ...............: 4,192 4,372 4,634 4,829 3,789 4,798 Texas ........................: 14,873 15,098 15,097 14,660 14,814 14,809 Virginia .....................: 6,316 5,673 6,780 6,523 5,357 5,694 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,467 11,790 10,823 11,163 11,414 10,920 : Other States .................: 9,443 9,351 9,308 9,912 9,528 9,357 : United States ................: 186,679 185,845 187,464 187,524 187,923 187,615 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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