Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 22, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 254 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 18, 2026, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.3 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 195 million chicks for meat production during the week ending July 18, 2026, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 10, 2026 through July 18, 2026 for the United States were 5.50 billion. Cumulative placements were up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 13, : June 20, : June 27, : July 4, : July 11, : July 18, : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,611 35,528 35,507 35,319 35,208 35,161 Arkansas .....................: 27,096 26,114 25,678 26,926 26,765 26,872 Delaware .....................: 5,869 5,869 5,495 5,869 5,869 5,495 Georgia ......................: 35,746 35,807 35,570 36,026 35,997 35,662 Kentucky .....................: 8,012 7,719 7,979 8,134 8,102 7,998 Maryland .....................: 8,720 8,614 8,414 8,414 8,444 8,495 Mississippi ..................: 19,426 19,716 19,787 19,842 19,351 19,304 Missouri .....................: 9,096 9,097 9,079 9,072 8,687 9,055 North Carolina ...............: 26,068 25,942 25,938 25,861 26,024 26,071 Oklahoma .....................: 5,815 5,931 5,232 5,815 5,940 5,590 : Pennsylvania .................: 8,515 9,341 9,194 9,463 9,517 9,402 South Carolina ...............: 6,418 6,136 5,961 6,096 6,211 6,519 Texas ........................: 19,562 18,470 19,405 19,655 19,592 19,398 Virginia .....................: 5,490 5,612 5,816 5,816 5,804 5,808 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,924 15,876 15,466 14,748 15,951 15,778 : Other States .................: 17,125 17,171 17,953 17,453 16,973 17,275 : United States ................: 254,493 252,943 252,474 254,509 254,435 253,883 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 13, : June 20, : June 27, : July 4, : July 11, : July 18, : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,354 24,069 24,423 24,787 24,465 24,837 Arkansas .....................: 22,801 22,891 22,671 22,266 21,975 21,858 Delaware .....................: 5,313 5,385 4,164 5,876 5,437 4,792 Georgia ......................: 28,082 28,792 28,530 28,532 29,304 27,775 Kentucky .....................: 6,000 5,862 6,096 6,134 5,771 5,840 Maryland .....................: 6,780 6,828 7,833 6,555 6,758 6,509 Mississippi ..................: 15,661 15,638 15,689 15,689 15,706 15,546 Missouri .....................: 5,535 5,626 5,927 5,623 5,000 5,008 North Carolina ...............: 21,124 21,402 21,455 21,391 20,981 21,018 Oklahoma .....................: 4,076 3,754 3,341 3,806 4,114 3,499 : Pennsylvania .................: 5,399 5,336 5,321 4,767 5,348 5,278 South Carolina ...............: 5,234 5,159 4,782 4,344 4,561 4,394 Texas ........................: 14,746 14,924 14,911 14,918 13,956 14,797 Virginia .....................: 5,339 5,213 5,660 5,324 5,295 5,409 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,963 13,950 13,257 13,037 13,059 14,026 : Other States .................: 13,911 14,142 14,617 14,059 13,825 14,766 : United States ................: 198,318 198,971 198,677 197,108 195,555 195,352 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service - Estimation Branch Contacts For more information about specific data items, please contact the Estimation Branch staff members below. You can also email inquiries to nass@usda.gov. Anthony Prillaman, Associate Deputy Administrator............................................................................... (202) 720-2127 Darin Jantzi, Section Chief..................................................................................................... (701) 412-5953 Broiler Hatchery, Chicken Hatchery, Eggs, Hogs and Pigs, Layers, Sheep and Goats Jeff Lemmons, Section Chief..................................................................................................... (202) 973-3272 Cattle, Cattle on Feed, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses, Cold Storage Fleming Gibson, Section Chief (Acting).......................................................................................... (202) 236-2428 Catfish, Census of Aquaculture, Dairy Products, Livestock Slaughter, Poultry Slaughter, Trout, Turkey Hatchery, Turkey Raised Julie Weber, Section Chief...................................................................................................... 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