Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 14, 2026, 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 251 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 10, 2026, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.4 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 196 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 10, 2026, up 3 percent from a year ago. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2025 and 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : December 6, :December 13, :December 20, :December 27, : January 3, : January 10, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,559 35,504 35,017 34,678 34,822 34,896 Arkansas .....................: 26,377 26,682 26,750 26,121 26,102 26,118 Delaware .....................: 5,769 5,769 5,869 5,869 5,869 5,869 Georgia ......................: 34,672 35,237 35,198 35,217 35,361 35,096 Kentucky .....................: 7,756 8,033 8,032 7,942 8,027 8,094 Maryland .....................: 8,383 8,383 8,386 8,383 8,383 8,385 Mississippi ..................: 18,172 18,403 18,072 18,142 18,263 18,249 Missouri .....................: 9,141 9,155 9,137 9,170 9,170 9,114 : North Carolina ...............: 25,919 26,416 26,344 26,239 26,422 26,463 Oklahoma .....................: 5,928 5,818 5,935 5,928 5,928 5,832 Pennsylvania .................: 8,587 9,086 9,290 9,127 9,135 9,134 South Carolina ...............: 6,347 6,273 6,198 6,379 6,270 6,278 Texas ........................: 18,712 19,658 19,668 19,730 19,794 19,820 Virginia .....................: 5,348 5,785 5,795 5,766 5,808 5,804 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,764 15,956 15,743 16,094 15,853 15,868 : Other States .................: 17,428 16,887 17,095 17,264 17,179 16,421 : United States ................: 248,862 253,045 252,529 252,049 252,386 251,441 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 and 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : December 6, :December 13, :December 20, :December 27, : January 3, : January 10, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,283 23,495 24,329 23,842 24,234 23,771 Arkansas .....................: 22,897 22,404 22,189 22,478 22,214 21,830 Delaware .....................: 5,428 5,927 6,224 5,833 5,791 5,776 Georgia ......................: 28,220 28,362 27,178 27,571 28,076 28,217 Kentucky .....................: 6,044 5,927 5,660 5,957 6,112 6,053 Maryland .....................: 6,770 5,998 6,026 6,685 6,708 6,653 Mississippi ..................: 14,463 14,338 14,558 14,361 14,289 14,460 Missouri .....................: 5,305 5,824 6,176 5,574 6,006 5,998 : North Carolina ...............: 20,597 20,690 21,084 20,503 20,849 20,398 Oklahoma .....................: 3,636 3,987 3,579 3,841 3,677 4,161 Pennsylvania .................: 5,399 5,455 5,436 4,954 5,375 5,439 South Carolina ...............: 4,498 4,959 5,379 5,883 5,445 5,479 Texas ........................: 14,987 15,597 16,088 14,776 15,500 15,194 Virginia .....................: 5,154 5,262 5,616 4,151 4,616 4,886 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,751 14,519 14,448 13,467 13,915 13,492 : Other States .................: 14,059 14,129 14,013 14,092 13,899 13,897 : United States ................: 195,491 196,873 197,983 193,968 196,706 195,704 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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............................................. 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