Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 23, 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 250 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 19, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 78.8 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 Slightly Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 192 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 19, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through April 19, 2025 for the United States were 3.06 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 15, : March 22, : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : April 19, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,315 35,099 35,312 34,980 35,256 35,308 Arkansas .....................: 26,095 26,185 26,268 26,404 26,208 26,249 Delaware .....................: 5,621 5,521 5,576 5,663 5,676 5,661 Georgia ......................: 34,389 34,541 34,691 34,332 34,380 34,659 Kentucky .....................: 8,228 7,961 7,987 8,138 8,148 8,413 Maryland .....................: 8,584 8,584 8,584 8,585 8,585 8,585 Mississippi ..................: 18,079 18,201 17,802 18,055 18,055 17,991 Missouri .....................: 9,215 9,202 8,920 9,226 9,225 9,220 : North Carolina ...............: 26,046 25,957 26,048 26,220 26,136 25,777 Oklahoma .....................: 5,189 6,093 5,831 5,772 5,812 5,501 Pennsylvania .................: 8,384 8,654 8,258 8,453 8,662 8,692 South Carolina ...............: 5,962 6,063 6,135 6,052 6,111 6,120 Texas ........................: 19,408 19,309 19,131 19,415 19,414 19,241 Virginia .....................: 5,887 5,887 5,448 5,725 5,727 5,708 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,967 16,382 16,305 16,255 16,265 16,240 : Other States .................: 16,800 16,902 16,829 16,486 16,693 16,763 : United States ................: 249,169 250,541 249,125 249,761 250,353 250,128 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 15, : March 22, : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : April 19, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,914 24,527 23,572 24,351 24,127 24,395 Arkansas .....................: 21,217 20,649 21,675 21,328 20,919 22,985 Delaware .....................: 5,333 6,094 6,003 5,997 5,494 6,341 Georgia ......................: 26,867 26,562 27,240 26,667 26,534 26,366 Kentucky .....................: 5,758 5,873 5,641 6,012 5,558 5,731 Maryland .....................: 6,567 5,970 5,970 6,134 6,592 5,786 Mississippi ..................: 14,477 14,353 14,340 14,470 14,537 14,249 Missouri .....................: 5,789 6,131 5,885 6,318 6,675 5,593 : North Carolina ...............: 20,321 20,063 20,342 20,164 20,198 20,081 Oklahoma .....................: 3,966 4,383 3,399 3,284 3,936 3,046 Pennsylvania .................: 4,715 4,781 4,869 4,787 4,986 4,652 South Carolina ...............: 5,142 4,819 4,583 5,275 5,124 5,011 Texas ........................: 14,850 14,788 14,880 14,837 14,729 14,746 Virginia .....................: 4,913 4,771 5,152 4,746 4,399 4,214 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,180 13,937 14,041 13,602 14,942 14,664 : Other States .................: 13,470 13,620 13,649 13,447 13,551 13,658 : United States ................: 191,479 191,321 191,241 191,419 192,301 191,518 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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