Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 1, 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 236 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 28, 2021, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.5 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 185 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 28, 2021, down slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through August 28, 2021 for the United States were 6.35 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 24, : July 31, : August 7, : August 14, : August 21, : August 28, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,640 34,015 33,841 33,565 33,210 33,513 Arkansas .....................: 25,137 24,661 25,049 25,195 25,084 24,524 Delaware .....................: 4,356 4,465 4,465 4,558 4,510 4,474 Florida ......................: 1,186 1,075 1,186 1,186 1,186 1,186 Georgia ......................: 34,139 34,876 34,801 34,624 34,792 34,831 Kentucky .....................: 7,931 8,015 7,809 6,274 7,881 7,284 Louisiana ....................: 3,192 3,168 3,184 3,204 3,259 3,230 Maryland .....................: 7,943 7,914 7,913 7,915 7,939 7,937 Mississippi ..................: 17,047 17,168 17,106 17,065 16,537 16,788 Missouri .....................: 9,610 9,370 9,435 9,625 9,625 9,548 : North Carolina ...............: 25,329 24,561 24,583 24,726 24,543 24,195 Oklahoma .....................: 7,623 7,203 7,446 7,459 7,394 6,966 Pennsylvania .................: 6,561 6,740 6,586 6,725 6,605 6,618 South Carolina ...............: 6,025 5,755 5,861 5,905 5,838 5,610 Texas ........................: 17,912 17,489 17,633 17,804 18,172 17,286 Virginia .....................: 6,611 6,610 6,598 6,727 6,779 6,762 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,345 13,111 13,059 12,991 12,659 12,948 : Other States .................: 12,200 12,458 12,683 12,819 12,365 12,184 : United States ................: 239,787 238,654 239,238 238,367 238,378 235,884 Percent of previous year .....: 105 104 103 103 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 24, : July 31, : August 7, : August 14, : August 21, : August 28, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,850 21,860 23,447 23,696 24,385 23,557 Arkansas .....................: 22,172 22,209 21,288 21,381 20,155 21,102 Delaware .....................: 4,166 4,712 4,449 5,197 4,711 5,091 Florida ......................: 1,321 1,290 1,253 1,291 928 960 Georgia ......................: 26,215 26,906 26,096 25,876 27,005 27,529 Kentucky .....................: 6,336 6,673 5,937 6,245 5,672 5,734 Louisiana ....................: 2,845 2,832 2,805 2,721 2,692 2,664 Maryland .....................: 5,854 5,596 5,746 4,729 5,288 5,039 Mississippi ..................: 14,175 14,098 13,853 14,213 14,091 14,114 Missouri .....................: 6,282 6,222 5,840 6,275 6,682 6,798 : North Carolina ...............: 19,932 19,555 19,001 20,204 19,702 19,547 Oklahoma .....................: 3,904 3,712 4,770 4,362 4,532 3,762 Pennsylvania .................: 4,583 4,711 4,801 4,843 4,996 4,712 South Carolina ...............: 4,500 5,974 4,976 4,954 5,177 5,064 Texas ........................: 14,237 13,954 13,707 14,091 14,025 13,865 Virginia .....................: 5,856 5,441 5,685 5,576 5,479 6,087 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,559 11,345 10,669 11,436 10,411 9,983 : Other States .................: 9,604 9,580 9,571 9,387 9,721 9,553 : United States ................: 186,391 186,670 183,894 186,477 185,652 185,161 Percent of previous year .....: 99 101 98 102 101 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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