Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 27, 2025, 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 249 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 23, 2025, up 1 percent 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 194 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 23, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through August 23, 2025 for the United States were 6.55 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 19, : July 26, : August 2, : August 9, : August 16, : August 23, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,486 34,513 34,818 34,441 34,605 34,200 Arkansas .....................: 25,994 25,897 26,444 26,182 26,158 25,880 Delaware .....................: 5,741 5,742 5,742 5,462 5,460 5,460 Georgia ......................: 35,303 35,188 35,458 35,265 35,202 35,349 Kentucky .....................: 7,588 8,069 8,028 7,950 7,942 7,954 Maryland .....................: 8,417 8,419 8,420 8,416 8,417 8,417 Mississippi ..................: 18,318 18,123 18,208 18,484 18,423 18,393 Missouri .....................: 9,182 9,275 9,167 9,251 9,261 9,139 : North Carolina ...............: 25,794 26,073 25,723 25,924 25,877 26,043 Oklahoma .....................: 5,542 5,544 5,517 5,638 5,868 5,745 Pennsylvania .................: 8,972 8,899 8,673 8,984 8,887 9,002 South Carolina ...............: 5,988 6,326 6,362 6,268 6,244 6,151 Texas ........................: 19,613 19,600 18,920 19,108 19,308 19,204 Virginia .....................: 5,654 5,553 5,622 5,654 5,814 5,608 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,669 15,594 15,616 15,801 15,775 15,901 : Other States .................: 17,229 16,987 16,837 17,054 17,033 16,867 : United States ................: 249,490 249,802 249,555 249,882 250,274 249,313 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 19, : July 26, : August 2, : August 9, : August 16, : August 23, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,392 23,774 23,528 23,716 24,187 24,442 Arkansas .....................: 20,622 21,419 21,252 22,057 21,861 21,756 Delaware .....................: 5,460 5,616 5,907 5,562 5,358 5,002 Georgia ......................: 27,298 27,917 26,877 27,106 26,993 26,694 Kentucky .....................: 5,964 5,871 5,977 5,479 6,013 6,138 Maryland .....................: 6,332 6,264 5,461 6,138 6,333 6,881 Mississippi ..................: 14,753 14,558 14,809 14,646 14,383 14,411 Missouri .....................: 5,650 6,058 6,281 5,493 5,621 5,666 : North Carolina ...............: 20,837 20,811 20,519 20,461 20,883 20,745 Oklahoma .....................: 4,984 3,314 3,215 3,647 3,852 4,338 Pennsylvania .................: 5,110 5,103 5,117 5,135 5,349 5,106 South Carolina ...............: 4,349 4,282 6,161 4,971 4,675 4,789 Texas ........................: 15,346 14,898 15,271 14,900 15,223 14,887 Virginia .....................: 5,272 5,159 5,648 5,602 5,710 5,334 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,020 13,232 13,610 14,021 13,162 13,693 : Other States .................: 13,938 13,967 13,712 14,184 13,934 14,041 : United States ................: 194,327 192,243 193,345 193,118 193,537 193,923 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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