Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 26, 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 240 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 22, 2023, down slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.1 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 22, 2023, down 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 7, 2023 through April 22, 2023 for the United States were 2.99 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 18, : March 25, : April 1, : April 8, : April 15, : April 22, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,326 34,855 34,794 34,697 34,628 34,189 Arkansas .....................: 24,650 24,885 25,100 25,137 24,681 24,613 Delaware .....................: 5,369 5,487 5,417 5,428 5,438 5,428 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,319 35,789 35,209 35,719 36,363 34,232 Kentucky .....................: 6,491 6,618 6,419 6,159 5,748 6,204 Louisiana ....................: 3,290 3,305 3,320 3,532 3,532 3,532 Maryland .....................: 8,091 8,013 8,094 8,092 8,091 8,026 Mississippi ..................: 17,108 16,869 16,318 16,509 16,373 16,466 Missouri .....................: 9,489 9,998 10,038 10,067 10,128 10,130 : North Carolina ...............: 24,988 24,556 25,144 23,777 24,666 25,140 Oklahoma .....................: 7,213 7,723 7,744 7,259 7,576 7,411 Pennsylvania .................: 6,978 6,831 6,784 6,857 6,683 6,723 South Carolina ...............: 6,101 6,061 5,764 5,612 5,671 5,648 Texas ........................: 18,416 18,332 18,378 18,530 18,236 18,417 Virginia .....................: 5,877 5,907 5,907 5,877 5,866 5,866 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,845 13,470 13,213 13,310 13,367 13,537 : Other States .................: 12,294 12,459 12,861 12,411 12,484 12,881 : United States ................: 240,070 242,383 241,729 240,198 240,756 239,668 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 18, : March 25, : April 1, : April 8, : April 15, : April 22, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,647 24,350 24,415 23,721 23,585 24,267 Arkansas .....................: 20,994 21,047 20,184 20,480 21,139 21,530 Delaware .....................: 4,437 4,823 5,007 5,648 4,112 5,456 Florida ......................: 1,207 1,290 1,291 1,295 1,289 1,303 Georgia ......................: 27,479 26,977 27,771 27,839 28,050 28,095 Kentucky .....................: 5,220 5,383 4,656 4,934 5,611 5,365 Louisiana ....................: 2,892 2,862 2,816 2,664 2,888 2,868 Maryland .....................: 5,319 5,718 5,350 4,063 6,365 5,272 Mississippi ..................: 13,518 13,580 13,200 13,565 13,527 12,999 Missouri .....................: 6,452 6,258 6,020 5,997 6,703 6,239 : North Carolina ...............: 18,658 19,879 19,327 18,786 18,942 18,904 Oklahoma .....................: 4,381 4,274 5,074 4,892 4,465 4,782 Pennsylvania .................: 4,558 4,541 4,568 4,633 4,485 4,468 South Carolina ...............: 4,730 4,383 4,314 5,419 5,312 4,671 Texas ........................: 14,364 14,507 14,447 14,955 14,570 14,480 Virginia .....................: 6,617 5,889 5,562 6,264 5,103 5,113 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,562 12,063 12,821 11,796 11,701 11,737 : Other States .................: 9,491 9,510 9,689 9,370 9,072 9,462 : United States ................: 186,526 187,334 186,512 186,321 186,919 187,011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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