Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released May 4, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 241 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 30, 2022, up 1 percent 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 Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 30, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through April 30, 2022 for the United States were 3.16 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 26, : April 2, : April 9, : April 16, : April 23, : April 30, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,837 34,908 34,398 34,750 34,906 34,840 Arkansas .....................: 24,658 24,657 24,903 24,909 24,569 24,561 Delaware .....................: 4,946 4,818 4,762 4,724 4,561 4,964 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 34,651 35,087 34,970 35,294 34,973 35,086 Kentucky .....................: 5,418 5,501 5,448 5,617 5,669 6,735 Louisiana ....................: 3,260 3,290 3,320 3,290 3,290 3,215 Maryland .....................: 8,038 8,038 7,976 8,007 8,019 8,015 Mississippi ..................: 16,641 16,823 16,698 15,562 15,545 16,103 Missouri .....................: 9,634 9,576 9,248 9,561 9,648 9,648 : North Carolina ...............: 25,969 26,152 25,127 25,820 25,995 26,202 Oklahoma .....................: 7,813 7,870 7,561 7,601 7,673 7,626 Pennsylvania .................: 6,512 6,303 6,509 6,498 6,484 6,381 South Carolina ...............: 5,475 5,861 5,645 5,550 5,542 5,483 Texas ........................: 19,086 18,771 18,735 18,832 19,115 19,197 Virginia .....................: 6,831 6,637 6,816 6,182 6,820 6,816 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,797 12,775 13,006 12,978 13,079 12,975 : Other States .................: 12,150 12,185 12,724 12,078 12,759 12,415 : United States ................: 239,910 240,446 239,040 238,447 239,841 241,456 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 26, : April 2, : April 9, : April 16, : April 23, : April 30, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,186 24,025 24,538 24,673 25,463 25,394 Arkansas .....................: 22,689 21,481 21,015 21,734 21,961 21,349 Delaware .....................: 4,045 4,408 4,557 4,069 4,399 4,600 Florida ......................: 1,128 1,322 1,311 1,311 1,426 1,436 Georgia ......................: 25,965 27,551 27,303 26,721 25,283 25,352 Kentucky .....................: 5,129 4,676 4,771 4,785 4,724 4,862 Louisiana ....................: 2,563 2,591 2,673 2,713 2,715 2,774 Maryland .....................: 5,673 5,105 5,866 6,346 5,963 5,534 Mississippi ..................: 13,671 13,632 13,501 13,657 13,732 13,685 Missouri .....................: 6,658 7,187 5,957 6,161 5,872 6,050 : North Carolina ...............: 20,735 20,391 21,401 20,076 20,357 20,176 Oklahoma .....................: 3,082 3,531 5,323 5,104 5,213 5,456 Pennsylvania .................: 4,368 4,314 4,434 4,395 4,214 4,341 South Carolina ...............: 4,634 4,829 3,789 4,884 4,509 4,393 Texas ........................: 15,097 14,660 14,814 14,809 14,802 14,598 Virginia .....................: 6,733 6,570 5,509 5,754 6,037 5,940 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 10,823 11,163 11,414 10,963 11,490 11,525 : Other States .................: 9,308 9,912 9,528 9,357 9,246 9,730 : United States ................: 187,487 187,348 187,704 187,512 187,406 187,195 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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