Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 18, 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 Down Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 237 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 14, 2023, down slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.0 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 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 14, 2023, up 1 percent from a year ago. January 7, 2023 through January 14, 2023 for the United States were 376 million. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2022 and 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 10, :December 17, :December 24, :December 31, : January 7, : January 14, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,663 34,519 34,526 34,565 34,349 34,337 Arkansas .....................: 24,195 24,383 24,432 24,177 24,090 24,483 Delaware .....................: 5,271 5,166 5,206 4,913 5,302 5,183 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,209 1,194 1,194 Georgia ......................: 35,862 35,676 35,932 34,475 35,470 35,193 Kentucky .....................: 6,337 6,400 6,652 6,370 6,283 5,987 Louisiana ....................: 3,350 2,938 3,426 3,426 3,123 3,154 Maryland .....................: 8,005 8,001 8,066 8,066 8,067 8,067 Mississippi ..................: 16,522 16,341 16,054 15,872 16,271 16,492 Missouri .....................: 9,813 9,812 9,761 9,825 9,871 9,859 : North Carolina ...............: 24,389 24,767 24,917 24,741 24,858 24,425 Oklahoma .....................: 7,697 7,482 7,523 7,473 7,415 7,541 Pennsylvania .................: 6,646 6,734 6,637 6,561 6,644 6,539 South Carolina ...............: 5,786 6,042 5,599 6,041 5,836 5,711 Texas ........................: 18,506 18,415 18,128 17,733 18,046 16,813 Virginia .....................: 6,286 6,394 6,532 6,564 6,685 6,632 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,412 13,260 13,357 13,048 13,517 12,776 : Other States .................: 12,706 12,811 12,718 12,528 12,836 12,801 : United States ................: 240,671 240,366 240,691 237,587 239,857 237,187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2022 and 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 10, :December 17, :December 24, :December 31, : January 7, : January 14, : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,052 25,251 25,079 25,107 23,988 24,621 Arkansas .....................: 22,201 21,564 21,662 21,588 22,036 20,151 Delaware .....................: 4,469 5,435 4,821 4,895 6,134 4,803 Florida ......................: 1,292 1,317 1,231 1,298 1,183 1,301 Georgia ......................: 27,473 27,183 27,784 28,274 28,436 27,374 Kentucky .....................: 5,849 5,498 6,422 5,377 4,946 5,293 Louisiana ....................: 2,966 2,927 2,937 2,869 2,661 2,882 Maryland .....................: 6,819 5,225 6,086 5,570 4,705 5,479 Mississippi ..................: 13,881 13,627 13,351 13,572 13,609 13,037 Missouri .....................: 6,561 6,711 7,183 6,308 5,810 6,419 : North Carolina ...............: 19,638 18,664 18,498 17,982 19,276 19,392 Oklahoma .....................: 4,102 3,921 3,054 4,202 4,296 5,334 Pennsylvania .................: 4,773 4,781 4,724 4,500 4,545 4,541 South Carolina ...............: 4,473 5,295 5,062 4,734 4,506 4,899 Texas ........................: 14,499 14,159 14,684 14,601 14,598 14,505 Virginia .....................: 4,106 4,544 5,700 5,746 5,779 5,952 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,438 12,210 10,804 11,618 12,023 12,021 : Other States .................: 9,594 9,716 9,471 9,569 9,573 9,518 : United States ................: 190,186 188,028 188,553 187,810 188,104 187,522 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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