Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 12, 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 August 8, 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 196 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 8, 2026, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 10, 2026 through August 8, 2026 for the United States were 6.09 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 4, : July 11, : July 18, : July 25, : August 1, : August 8, : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,279 35,389 35,103 35,350 35,409 34,851 Arkansas .....................: 26,138 26,197 26,326 26,498 26,566 26,131 Delaware .....................: 5,869 5,769 5,495 5,588 5,587 5,586 Georgia ......................: 35,706 35,414 35,271 35,205 35,525 35,459 Kentucky .....................: 7,854 7,801 7,863 7,915 8,052 7,828 Maryland .....................: 8,414 8,444 8,495 8,516 8,516 8,414 Mississippi ..................: 19,761 19,351 19,425 19,667 19,667 19,742 Missouri .....................: 8,939 8,625 9,055 9,055 9,010 9,072 North Carolina ...............: 25,712 25,782 25,739 26,159 26,066 25,803 Oklahoma .....................: 5,698 5,940 5,823 5,712 5,945 5,831 : Pennsylvania .................: 9,387 9,457 9,389 9,454 9,449 9,399 South Carolina ...............: 6,096 6,211 6,519 6,512 6,247 6,233 Texas ........................: 19,358 19,305 19,105 19,122 18,969 18,490 Virginia .....................: 5,453 5,497 5,778 5,815 5,600 5,581 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,620 15,738 15,903 16,159 16,015 15,828 : Other States .................: 17,453 16,973 17,275 17,369 17,341 16,724 : United States ................: 251,737 251,893 252,564 254,096 253,964 250,972 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 4, : July 11, : July 18, : July 25, : August 1, : August 8, : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 25,100 24,465 24,914 24,293 24,468 24,172 Arkansas .....................: 22,266 21,975 21,916 21,445 21,899 22,422 Delaware .....................: 5,876 5,437 4,792 5,292 5,649 5,578 Georgia ......................: 28,273 29,320 27,582 28,125 28,605 27,338 Kentucky .....................: 6,134 5,771 5,880 5,789 5,910 5,819 Maryland .....................: 6,555 6,758 6,509 6,097 5,918 6,293 Mississippi ..................: 15,689 15,706 15,529 15,634 15,406 15,570 Missouri .....................: 5,623 5,000 5,008 5,535 5,640 5,588 North Carolina ...............: 21,391 20,981 21,018 20,795 21,102 21,087 Oklahoma .....................: 3,806 4,114 3,499 4,147 3,660 3,572 : Pennsylvania .................: 4,767 5,348 5,278 5,356 5,302 5,338 South Carolina ...............: 4,344 4,601 4,544 4,907 4,437 4,954 Texas ........................: 14,918 13,956 14,797 14,810 14,759 15,002 Virginia .....................: 5,324 5,295 5,409 5,145 5,050 4,929 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,077 13,059 14,024 12,760 13,043 13,984 : Other States .................: 14,059 13,825 14,766 14,377 13,800 14,167 : United States ................: 197,202 195,611 195,465 194,507 194,648 195,813 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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