Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 7, 2024, 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 February 3, 2024, down slightly 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 Up Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 3, 2024, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through February 3, 2024 for the United States were 932 million. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2023 and 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 30, : January 6, : January 13, : January 20, : January 27, : February 3, : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,359 34,128 34,534 34,524 34,274 34,782 Arkansas .....................: 24,275 24,810 24,713 24,508 24,781 24,449 Delaware .....................: 4,815 5,023 5,165 5,222 5,495 5,440 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,496 35,184 35,635 36,143 35,612 36,308 Kentucky .....................: 6,903 6,942 7,027 6,768 6,779 6,785 Louisiana ....................: 3,532 3,532 3,516 3,396 3,594 3,562 Maryland .....................: 7,954 7,979 7,977 7,977 7,978 8,066 Mississippi ..................: 17,327 17,394 17,394 17,367 17,231 17,200 Missouri .....................: 8,483 8,496 8,062 8,584 8,593 8,161 : North Carolina ...............: 25,130 24,885 25,124 24,947 24,644 24,969 Oklahoma .....................: 5,970 5,018 4,168 5,129 5,950 4,653 Pennsylvania .................: 7,494 8,086 8,497 8,081 8,055 8,177 South Carolina ...............: 5,826 6,161 6,218 6,188 6,121 6,016 Texas ........................: 18,230 17,561 18,234 18,302 18,831 18,760 Virginia .....................: 5,836 5,824 5,797 5,756 5,701 5,578 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,868 13,048 13,647 13,325 13,216 13,211 : Other States .................: 11,961 12,181 12,329 12,028 11,997 12,241 : United States ................: 238,684 237,477 239,262 239,470 240,077 239,583 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2023 and 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :December 30, : January 6, : January 13, : January 20, : January 27, : February 3, : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,688 23,193 24,657 23,764 23,668 23,908 Arkansas .....................: 20,575 21,321 21,650 22,073 21,218 19,802 Delaware .....................: 4,494 4,561 4,414 4,955 5,304 5,648 Florida ......................: 1,275 1,354 1,320 881 1,239 1,229 Georgia ......................: 26,426 27,151 27,282 28,451 26,983 27,796 Kentucky .....................: 5,368 5,659 5,099 5,316 5,417 5,357 Louisiana ....................: 2,679 2,890 2,735 2,680 2,889 2,898 Maryland .....................: 5,558 4,901 5,460 4,886 5,562 5,115 Mississippi ..................: 13,424 14,116 14,153 14,116 14,277 14,286 Missouri .....................: 5,344 5,269 5,286 5,706 5,285 4,973 : North Carolina ...............: 19,733 20,521 20,251 19,759 19,278 19,507 Oklahoma .....................: 4,311 3,814 2,766 2,144 3,281 3,534 Pennsylvania .................: 4,643 4,944 4,854 4,983 5,567 5,557 South Carolina ...............: 5,365 5,183 4,826 4,407 5,045 4,785 Texas ........................: 14,084 14,642 14,784 14,481 13,751 14,568 Virginia .....................: 4,933 6,725 6,358 6,256 4,803 5,509 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,578 12,029 11,882 11,869 12,449 11,924 : Other States .................: 9,065 9,295 9,339 9,186 9,395 9,280 : United States ................: 183,543 187,568 187,116 185,913 185,411 185,676 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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