Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released November 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 Down Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 244 million eggs in incubators during the week ending November 7, 2026, down slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.7 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 188 million chicks for meat production during the week ending November 7, 2026, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 10, 2026 through November 7, 2026 for the United States were 8.59 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 3, : October 10, : October 17, : October 24, : October 31, : November 7, : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,655 34,615 34,916 35,039 34,675 34,896 Arkansas .....................: 25,352 25,310 24,523 24,884 24,887 24,646 Delaware .....................: 5,582 5,584 5,404 5,310 5,355 5,404 Georgia ......................: 34,101 34,135 34,316 34,669 34,260 35,019 Kentucky .....................: 7,945 7,336 7,386 7,806 7,358 7,390 Maryland .....................: 8,454 8,322 8,496 8,504 8,434 8,414 Mississippi ..................: 17,043 17,563 17,484 17,210 18,394 18,587 Missouri .....................: 8,800 8,824 8,322 8,087 8,849 8,757 North Carolina ...............: 25,642 24,744 25,087 25,648 25,661 25,225 Oklahoma .....................: 5,685 5,652 4,964 5,792 5,663 4,994 : Pennsylvania .................: 9,621 9,449 9,570 9,496 9,704 9,551 South Carolina ...............: 5,840 5,711 5,622 5,895 5,267 5,830 Texas ........................: 17,775 17,928 17,910 19,217 19,915 18,293 Virginia .....................: 5,612 5,509 5,553 5,918 5,645 5,462 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,003 15,790 15,578 15,896 16,045 15,730 : Other States .................: 16,134 16,623 17,440 16,324 15,472 15,794 : United States ................: 243,244 243,095 242,571 245,695 245,584 243,992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : October 3, : October 10, : October 17, : October 24, : October 31, : November 7, : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 : 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,816 23,313 25,407 23,660 24,684 25,552 Arkansas .....................: 20,482 20,323 21,696 20,660 21,750 20,180 Delaware .....................: 5,283 4,915 5,036 5,806 5,464 5,764 Georgia ......................: 26,856 27,551 26,179 26,065 27,195 24,545 Kentucky .....................: 5,292 5,896 6,034 5,679 5,469 5,504 Maryland .....................: 5,697 7,045 6,757 5,895 6,077 6,036 Mississippi ..................: 14,284 14,504 15,156 13,601 14,235 14,091 Missouri .....................: 5,032 5,568 5,714 6,060 5,552 5,237 North Carolina ...............: 20,069 20,453 21,019 20,499 19,825 20,180 Oklahoma .....................: 3,864 3,799 3,787 4,125 3,215 3,809 : Pennsylvania .................: 5,500 5,534 5,277 5,534 5,539 5,644 South Carolina ...............: 4,902 4,661 5,040 5,210 4,585 5,505 Texas ........................: 13,347 14,318 14,259 13,724 13,978 13,898 Virginia .....................: 5,763 4,842 5,479 4,892 4,789 4,450 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,013 13,425 12,681 13,383 12,936 13,532 : Other States .................: 14,061 14,457 13,561 13,552 13,855 14,390 : United States ................: 189,261 190,604 193,082 188,345 189,148 188,317 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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, 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 Tiffany Byrne, Section Chief.................................................................................................... (651) 440-7789 Catfish, Census of Aquaculture, Dairy Products, Livestock Slaughter, Poultry Slaughter, Trout, Turkey Hatchery, Turkey Raised Julie Weber, Section Chief...................................................................................................... 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