Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 7, 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 4 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 240 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 3, 2021, up 4 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 Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 3, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through April 3, 2021 for the United States were 2.43 billion. Cumulative placements were down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 27, : March 6, : March 13, : March 20, : March 27, : April 3, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,061 34,020 33,704 33,599 33,091 33,587 Arkansas .....................: 24,152 24,115 23,506 24,044 24,354 24,360 Delaware .....................: 4,762 5,042 5,042 4,947 4,948 4,948 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,210 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 34,974 35,113 34,827 35,066 34,602 34,878 Kentucky .....................: 8,063 8,050 7,852 7,962 8,027 8,120 Louisiana ....................: 3,485 3,562 3,441 3,265 3,215 3,320 Maryland .....................: 7,942 7,942 7,944 7,914 7,912 7,912 Mississippi ..................: 16,962 17,160 16,750 16,244 16,275 16,384 Missouri .....................: 9,014 9,316 9,450 9,232 9,385 9,318 : North Carolina ...............: 25,706 25,989 25,803 25,737 25,754 25,628 Oklahoma .....................: 8,113 7,348 7,106 6,961 7,291 7,327 Pennsylvania .................: 6,457 6,318 6,282 6,364 6,491 6,488 South Carolina ...............: 5,732 5,824 5,931 5,829 5,729 5,733 Texas ........................: 18,927 17,207 17,545 18,139 18,202 18,215 Virginia .....................: 6,423 6,500 6,530 6,470 6,560 6,469 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,055 12,944 13,329 13,048 13,389 13,330 : Other States .................: 12,246 12,356 12,461 12,249 11,890 13,120 : United States ................: 241,283 240,015 238,712 238,280 238,324 240,346 Percent of previous year .....: 101 99 100 100 102 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :February 27, : March 6, : March 13, : March 20, : March 27, : April 3, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,937 24,038 23,783 25,085 24,322 24,153 Arkansas .....................: 21,876 23,057 21,028 20,453 21,419 20,079 Delaware .....................: 3,958 5,578 5,257 5,028 5,245 4,758 Florida ......................: 1,354 1,278 1,362 1,351 1,325 1,288 Georgia ......................: 26,892 25,481 26,282 27,355 27,430 25,854 Kentucky .....................: 5,365 5,963 6,806 5,690 6,900 5,973 Louisiana ....................: 2,358 3,041 1,883 2,800 2,779 2,921 Maryland .....................: 6,207 4,666 5,421 5,664 5,019 5,385 Mississippi ..................: 14,387 14,345 14,248 13,902 14,332 13,966 Missouri .....................: 5,665 6,209 6,461 5,942 6,267 6,213 : North Carolina ...............: 19,870 20,664 20,244 20,777 20,510 20,772 Oklahoma .....................: 4,341 2,423 3,354 4,585 3,613 4,557 Pennsylvania .................: 4,929 4,714 4,497 4,736 4,699 4,637 South Carolina ...............: 5,211 5,910 5,444 4,598 4,136 5,716 Texas ........................: 14,959 14,091 11,556 14,832 13,689 14,034 Virginia .....................: 5,117 5,289 5,146 5,100 5,855 6,511 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,184 11,452 10,561 11,042 11,172 11,487 : Other States .................: 8,120 9,166 8,853 9,266 8,962 9,224 : United States ................: 186,730 187,365 182,186 188,206 187,674 187,528 Percent of previous year .....: 98 98 96 98 98 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Vacant, 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 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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