Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 17, 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 Up Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 239 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 13, 2024, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.8 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 13, 2024, down slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through January 13, 2024 for the United States were 375 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 9, :December 16, :December 23, :December 30, : January 6, : January 13, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,085 34,023 34,307 34,359 34,128 34,137 Arkansas .....................: 24,267 24,173 24,058 24,267 23,911 23,886 Delaware .....................: 4,900 4,917 5,062 4,815 5,023 5,165 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,589 35,971 36,128 35,496 35,401 35,729 Kentucky .....................: 6,504 6,936 6,911 6,777 6,942 6,894 Louisiana ....................: 3,594 3,563 3,502 3,532 3,532 3,516 Maryland .....................: 8,064 8,065 8,001 7,954 7,979 7,976 Mississippi ..................: 16,798 17,097 17,015 17,327 17,394 17,383 Missouri .....................: 8,827 8,797 8,709 8,547 8,580 8,690 : North Carolina ...............: 24,348 25,433 25,139 25,126 25,067 25,176 Oklahoma .....................: 6,551 6,403 6,077 6,349 6,272 6,193 Pennsylvania .................: 7,109 7,479 7,750 7,391 7,828 7,739 South Carolina ...............: 5,967 6,253 6,214 5,826 6,161 6,217 Texas ........................: 18,486 18,563 18,276 18,426 18,561 17,740 Virginia .....................: 5,419 5,835 5,838 5,836 5,824 5,797 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,035 13,421 13,501 13,383 13,048 13,211 : Other States .................: 11,936 12,078 12,037 11,907 12,111 12,248 : United States ................: 236,704 240,232 239,750 238,543 238,987 238,922 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2023 and 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : December 9, :December 16, :December 23, :December 30, : January 6, : January 13, : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,962 24,437 24,510 24,688 23,146 24,566 Arkansas .....................: 21,648 21,139 21,415 20,575 21,321 21,884 Delaware .....................: 4,528 4,519 4,845 4,494 4,561 4,528 Florida ......................: 1,149 1,153 1,158 1,275 1,354 1,320 Georgia ......................: 27,683 28,860 28,750 26,426 27,151 27,246 Kentucky .....................: 5,920 5,639 5,687 5,368 5,659 5,116 Louisiana ....................: 2,974 2,696 2,865 2,679 2,890 2,735 Maryland .....................: 5,864 5,910 5,805 5,558 4,901 5,149 Mississippi ..................: 13,493 13,504 13,337 13,424 14,116 14,215 Missouri .....................: 4,568 5,382 5,841 5,344 5,269 5,286 : North Carolina ...............: 20,347 19,955 20,576 19,708 20,496 20,316 Oklahoma .....................: 4,641 4,539 3,874 4,311 3,814 2,775 Pennsylvania .................: 4,571 4,922 5,183 4,643 4,944 4,915 South Carolina ...............: 5,099 4,611 4,204 5,365 5,183 4,699 Texas ........................: 14,324 14,571 15,218 14,084 14,642 14,777 Virginia .....................: 5,432 5,271 5,819 4,933 6,725 6,615 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,105 12,398 12,692 11,578 12,029 12,048 : Other States .................: 9,240 9,225 9,136 9,065 9,295 9,333 : United States ................: 187,548 188,731 190,915 183,518 187,496 187,523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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