Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 26, 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 237 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 22, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.5 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 184 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 22, 2022, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 8, 2022 through January 22, 2022 for the United States were 553 million. Cumulative placements were down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 and 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 18, :December 25, : January 1, : January 8, : January 15, : January 22, : 2021 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,010 34,016 34,227 33,843 34,268 34,356 Arkansas .....................: 24,800 24,707 24,665 24,886 24,917 24,928 Delaware .....................: 4,844 4,845 4,657 4,743 4,938 4,788 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,194 1,193 Georgia ......................: 35,032 35,214 35,124 34,678 35,073 34,154 Kentucky .....................: 5,199 5,173 5,021 5,244 5,296 5,285 Louisiana ....................: 2,791 3,289 3,288 3,198 3,199 3,229 Maryland .....................: 7,974 7,973 7,968 7,894 7,794 7,944 Mississippi ..................: 16,909 16,765 16,315 16,160 16,144 15,973 Missouri .....................: 9,387 9,206 9,206 9,425 9,233 9,383 : North Carolina ...............: 25,362 25,074 24,932 25,292 25,557 25,399 Oklahoma .....................: 7,687 7,882 7,681 7,793 7,697 7,667 Pennsylvania .................: 6,821 6,695 6,815 6,554 6,621 6,551 South Carolina ...............: 5,126 5,611 5,011 5,576 5,057 5,623 Texas ........................: 18,661 18,589 18,467 18,351 18,002 18,129 Virginia .....................: 6,526 6,489 6,467 6,615 6,724 6,702 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,940 13,224 13,642 13,470 13,533 13,508 : Other States .................: 12,300 12,214 12,268 12,229 12,316 12,442 : United States ................: 237,594 238,160 236,948 237,145 237,563 237,254 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 and 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 18, :December 25, : January 1, : January 8, : January 15, : January 22, : 2021 : 2021 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,414 23,986 23,896 23,868 23,511 22,997 Arkansas .....................: 22,421 21,149 21,499 21,702 21,391 21,432 Delaware .....................: 4,230 4,508 4,581 4,858 5,142 4,946 Florida ......................: 1,243 1,017 1,138 1,142 1,241 1,252 Georgia ......................: 27,056 26,611 26,626 25,680 26,185 27,192 Kentucky .....................: 3,645 4,546 5,005 4,429 4,493 4,388 Louisiana ....................: 2,780 2,736 2,817 2,309 2,652 2,749 Maryland .....................: 5,917 5,591 5,672 4,798 5,118 5,375 Mississippi ..................: 13,927 13,977 14,064 13,825 13,596 13,261 Missouri .....................: 7,469 6,334 6,218 7,304 6,795 6,797 : North Carolina ...............: 20,377 19,401 20,105 19,708 20,149 19,983 Oklahoma .....................: 2,989 5,178 4,597 3,827 4,380 4,185 Pennsylvania .................: 4,971 5,085 5,068 5,045 4,859 4,814 South Carolina ...............: 4,568 5,271 3,439 4,601 4,536 3,550 Texas ........................: 14,580 14,477 14,582 14,544 14,557 14,513 Virginia .....................: 5,654 5,953 5,997 5,983 5,254 5,483 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,527 11,540 10,824 12,075 11,856 11,895 : Other States .................: 9,584 9,018 9,091 8,953 9,057 9,042 : United States ................: 187,352 186,378 185,219 184,651 184,772 183,854 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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