Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 15, 2023, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 241 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 11, 2023, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.9 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 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 11, 2023, up 2 percent from a year ago. January 7, 2023 through February 11, 2023 for the United States were 1.12 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 7, : January 14, : January 21, : January 28, : February 4, :February 11, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,349 34,447 34,511 34,532 34,579 34,651 Arkansas .....................: 24,090 24,451 24,496 24,590 24,539 24,774 Delaware .....................: 5,302 5,183 5,088 5,183 5,299 5,488 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,470 35,216 35,167 35,229 35,246 35,384 Kentucky .....................: 6,804 6,508 6,659 6,213 5,929 6,268 Louisiana ....................: 3,123 3,154 3,243 3,244 3,290 3,411 Maryland .....................: 8,067 8,067 8,066 8,056 8,058 8,081 Mississippi ..................: 16,271 16,572 16,436 16,512 16,572 16,559 Missouri .....................: 9,871 9,859 9,779 9,916 9,954 9,954 : North Carolina ...............: 25,066 24,531 25,114 25,448 24,474 24,892 Oklahoma .....................: 7,415 7,541 7,339 7,291 7,335 7,466 Pennsylvania .................: 6,611 6,652 6,843 6,682 6,726 6,344 South Carolina ...............: 5,836 5,711 5,854 5,778 5,733 5,702 Texas ........................: 18,046 16,858 16,864 17,583 18,149 18,353 Virginia .....................: 6,685 6,632 6,616 6,637 6,632 6,756 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,517 12,770 13,220 13,002 12,992 12,892 : Other States .................: 12,901 12,801 13,017 12,586 12,631 12,527 : United States ................: 240,618 238,147 239,506 239,676 239,332 240,727 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 7, : January 14, : January 21, : January 28, : February 4, :February 11, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,049 24,696 25,236 23,627 23,410 23,965 Arkansas .....................: 22,711 20,479 20,085 21,237 21,691 21,931 Delaware .....................: 6,134 4,801 5,252 5,299 5,174 4,773 Florida ......................: 1,183 1,301 1,283 1,282 1,248 1,262 Georgia ......................: 28,436 27,343 25,518 27,825 26,612 28,667 Kentucky .....................: 5,828 5,628 5,109 6,014 5,149 4,877 Louisiana ....................: 2,461 2,891 2,972 2,639 2,633 2,756 Maryland .....................: 4,743 5,411 5,063 5,215 6,422 6,221 Mississippi ..................: 13,609 13,272 13,073 13,674 14,009 13,827 Missouri .....................: 5,510 6,119 5,821 6,292 6,056 6,255 : North Carolina ...............: 19,276 19,319 19,429 19,469 19,016 19,226 Oklahoma .....................: 3,921 5,360 5,619 3,854 4,033 3,764 Pennsylvania .................: 4,547 4,529 4,393 4,455 4,439 4,505 South Carolina ...............: 4,561 4,917 4,230 4,189 5,316 4,967 Texas ........................: 14,598 14,444 14,075 14,318 13,569 13,448 Virginia .....................: 5,770 6,152 6,421 5,896 4,601 5,184 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,163 11,776 11,602 11,799 12,477 11,961 : Other States .................: 9,435 9,209 9,362 9,262 9,753 9,955 : United States ................: 187,935 187,647 184,543 186,346 185,608 187,544 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 .......... 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