Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 6, 2024, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 243 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 2, 2024, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.1 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 Down Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 187 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 2, 2024, down slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 6, 2024 through March 2, 2024 for the United States were 1.67 billion. Cumulative placements were down slightly from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 27, : February 3, :February 10, :February 17, :February 24, : March 2, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,787 34,979 34,899 35,091 35,128 35,092 Arkansas .....................: 24,808 24,507 24,606 24,969 25,325 25,193 Delaware .....................: 5,495 5,483 5,566 5,618 5,538 5,620 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 Georgia ......................: 35,892 36,225 36,050 36,228 36,183 36,108 Kentucky .....................: 6,795 6,853 6,788 7,053 7,134 7,132 Louisiana ....................: 3,594 3,562 3,557 3,503 3,471 3,533 Maryland .....................: 8,066 8,065 8,066 8,066 8,061 8,050 Mississippi ..................: 17,231 17,200 17,262 17,412 17,469 17,458 Missouri .....................: 8,456 8,656 8,692 8,607 8,797 8,833 : North Carolina ...............: 24,583 25,283 25,195 24,893 24,948 24,723 Oklahoma .....................: 5,490 5,396 5,467 5,668 5,366 5,366 Pennsylvania .................: 8,016 7,421 7,702 7,796 7,594 7,762 South Carolina ...............: 6,121 6,016 6,290 6,252 6,088 6,089 Texas ........................: 19,041 19,764 19,268 19,397 19,282 19,419 Virginia .....................: 5,701 5,578 5,594 5,667 5,667 5,664 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,783 13,862 13,994 13,732 13,910 13,736 : Other States .................: 11,525 11,840 11,893 12,036 11,859 11,907 : United States ................: 239,609 241,915 242,114 243,213 243,045 242,910 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 27, : February 3, :February 10, :February 17, :February 24, : March 2, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,358 24,605 24,273 24,080 24,471 24,677 Arkansas .....................: 21,218 20,162 20,989 20,455 19,927 20,630 Delaware .....................: 5,304 6,003 4,520 5,226 4,632 5,539 Florida ......................: 1,239 1,229 962 1,105 1,317 1,238 Georgia ......................: 26,983 27,785 28,488 27,940 28,018 27,235 Kentucky .....................: 5,417 5,400 5,328 5,342 5,376 5,092 Louisiana ....................: 2,889 2,898 2,751 2,979 2,930 2,888 Maryland .....................: 5,562 4,603 6,219 6,152 5,874 6,329 Mississippi ..................: 13,588 13,588 13,385 13,431 13,293 13,385 Missouri .....................: 5,285 5,202 4,928 5,236 5,491 5,476 : North Carolina ...............: 19,278 19,551 19,515 19,516 19,794 20,206 Oklahoma .....................: 3,281 3,834 3,885 3,773 4,329 3,883 Pennsylvania .................: 5,567 4,963 4,939 5,062 4,569 4,880 South Carolina ...............: 5,045 4,707 4,835 4,475 4,586 4,256 Texas ........................: 13,751 14,548 14,377 14,928 14,660 14,557 Virginia .....................: 4,803 5,681 5,550 4,939 5,288 4,632 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,449 11,937 11,425 11,355 12,280 12,743 : Other States .................: 9,395 9,300 9,090 9,077 8,874 8,947 : United States ................: 185,412 185,996 185,459 185,071 185,709 186,593 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section .......... 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