Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 6, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 241 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 2, 2022, up 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 2, 2022, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through April 2, 2022 for the United States were 2.42 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 26, : March 5, : March 12, : March 19, : March 26, : April 2, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,544 34,763 34,716 34,703 34,837 34,908 Arkansas .....................: 24,368 24,849 23,933 24,185 24,658 24,657 Delaware .....................: 5,175 4,890 4,880 4,904 4,946 4,959 Florida ......................: 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,353 35,162 35,400 35,497 34,651 34,980 Kentucky .....................: 5,320 5,529 5,447 5,507 5,418 5,501 Louisiana ....................: 3,199 3,078 3,078 3,199 3,260 3,290 Maryland .....................: 7,837 7,976 8,038 8,038 7,965 7,983 Mississippi ..................: 16,578 16,686 16,569 16,732 16,641 16,823 Missouri .....................: 9,598 9,605 9,605 9,634 9,634 9,576 : North Carolina ...............: 24,700 26,155 26,262 26,420 25,969 26,152 Oklahoma .....................: 7,761 7,658 7,481 7,710 7,813 7,870 Pennsylvania .................: 6,619 6,536 6,517 6,623 6,512 6,287 South Carolina ...............: 5,599 5,557 5,177 5,259 5,475 5,861 Texas ........................: 19,283 19,330 19,039 18,667 19,086 18,771 Virginia .....................: 6,801 6,827 6,831 6,827 6,831 6,637 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,929 12,940 13,336 13,255 12,794 13,152 : Other States .................: 12,315 12,162 12,718 12,482 12,150 12,175 : United States ................: 239,173 240,897 240,221 240,836 239,834 240,776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 26, : March 5, : March 12, : March 19, : March 26, : April 2, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,240 25,482 25,476 23,959 25,258 23,960 Arkansas .....................: 21,501 21,363 21,746 22,173 22,248 20,981 Delaware .....................: 4,348 4,516 4,722 4,863 4,255 4,588 Florida ......................: 1,212 1,216 1,129 1,194 1,128 1,322 Georgia ......................: 25,373 24,520 24,998 27,468 25,965 27,551 Kentucky .....................: 5,020 5,107 4,514 4,470 4,687 4,533 Louisiana ....................: 2,677 2,653 2,696 2,659 2,563 2,591 Maryland .....................: 5,429 6,282 4,647 5,481 5,299 5,086 Mississippi ..................: 13,799 13,804 13,845 13,569 13,671 13,632 Missouri .....................: 6,422 6,846 6,164 6,426 6,608 7,029 : North Carolina ...............: 19,480 19,563 20,471 19,645 20,735 20,391 Oklahoma .....................: 4,606 4,285 4,716 3,399 3,573 4,189 Pennsylvania .................: 4,472 4,192 4,264 4,255 4,368 4,309 South Carolina ...............: 5,322 5,204 4,192 4,372 4,634 4,829 Texas ........................: 14,754 14,819 14,873 15,098 15,097 14,660 Virginia .....................: 6,202 5,319 6,316 5,673 6,882 6,474 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,596 11,864 12,467 11,790 11,386 11,706 : Other States .................: 9,109 8,990 9,443 9,351 9,107 9,910 : United States ................: 185,562 186,025 186,679 185,845 187,464 187,741 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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