Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 26, 2025, 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 248 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 22, 2025, down 1 percent 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 Up 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 191 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 22, 2025, up 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through November 22, 2025 for the United States were 9.02 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 18, : October 25, : November 1, : November 8, :November 15, :November 22, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,290 34,517 32,853 33,464 34,039 33,098 Arkansas .....................: 22,675 24,936 25,876 25,317 25,252 25,632 Delaware .....................: 5,309 5,496 5,402 5,402 5,402 5,402 Georgia ......................: 33,884 34,910 34,853 34,447 34,683 35,351 Kentucky .....................: 7,007 7,811 7,817 7,548 7,920 7,802 Maryland .....................: 8,419 8,417 8,414 8,557 8,382 8,386 Mississippi ..................: 17,096 17,854 16,467 17,763 18,181 18,227 Missouri .....................: 8,886 8,501 8,976 9,152 9,152 8,713 : North Carolina ...............: 23,556 24,878 25,666 25,655 26,290 26,302 Oklahoma .....................: 5,905 6,008 6,043 5,065 5,988 6,013 Pennsylvania .................: 8,979 8,570 8,726 8,629 8,994 8,919 South Carolina ...............: 6,126 6,112 5,910 6,154 6,045 6,344 Texas ........................: 18,456 18,563 19,168 17,437 18,963 19,191 Virginia .....................: 5,542 5,898 5,819 5,785 5,764 5,772 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,249 15,657 16,535 15,675 16,282 16,200 : Other States .................: 16,699 16,825 17,047 16,543 16,952 17,081 : United States ................: 238,078 244,953 245,572 242,593 248,289 248,433 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 18, : October 25, : November 1, : November 8, :November 15, :November 22, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,662 21,958 22,804 23,783 24,426 22,084 Arkansas .....................: 21,535 21,689 19,908 18,250 21,384 22,158 Delaware .....................: 5,485 5,319 5,934 5,354 5,478 5,207 Georgia ......................: 27,330 27,673 27,095 26,514 27,290 27,488 Kentucky .....................: 5,960 5,795 5,843 5,262 6,322 5,776 Maryland .....................: 5,828 6,240 6,134 6,864 6,567 6,448 Mississippi ..................: 13,972 12,405 13,032 13,621 14,057 12,965 Missouri .....................: 5,638 6,529 5,847 6,274 5,356 5,437 : North Carolina ...............: 19,941 19,412 18,346 18,925 19,903 20,293 Oklahoma .....................: 3,630 2,994 3,511 4,185 3,235 3,971 Pennsylvania .................: 5,095 4,721 5,194 5,292 4,936 5,089 South Carolina ...............: 4,636 5,015 5,161 4,713 4,860 5,321 Texas ........................: 15,179 14,918 14,486 14,763 14,914 15,134 Virginia .....................: 5,334 5,171 5,067 4,235 4,745 5,140 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,866 13,797 14,318 13,503 14,003 14,429 : Other States .................: 13,277 13,749 13,532 13,668 13,961 14,116 : United States ................: 189,368 187,385 186,212 185,206 191,437 191,056 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Sherry Bertramsen - Livestock Slaughter............................................. (202) 690-8632 Tiffany Byrne - Dairy Products...................................................... (651) 440-7789 Ryan Cowen - Cattle, Cattle on Feed................................................. (202) 720-3040 Kim DaPra - Milk Production......................................................... (202) 720-3278 Fatema Haque - Poultry Slaughter, Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Catfish, Census of Aquaculture, Egg Products, Mink, Trout........... (202) 690-3237 Ralph Mondesir - Hogs and Pigs...................................................... (202) 720-3106 Suzanne Richards - Cost of Pollination, Honey, Honey Bee Colonies, Sheep and Goats.. (202) 720-4448 Shulonda Shaw - Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, Cold Storage................... (202) 720-3240 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs......................................................... (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery................................. 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