Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 20, 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 August 16, 2025, 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 194 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 16, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through August 16, 2025 for the United States were 6.35 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 12, : July 19, : July 26, : August 2, : August 9, : August 16, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,240 34,618 34,771 34,847 34,930 34,889 Arkansas .....................: 25,758 25,994 25,897 26,295 26,182 26,158 Delaware .....................: 5,741 5,741 5,742 5,742 5,462 5,460 Georgia ......................: 35,347 35,385 35,470 35,366 35,570 35,000 Kentucky .....................: 8,044 7,583 8,067 8,062 7,945 7,942 Maryland .....................: 8,412 8,417 8,444 8,416 8,417 8,439 Mississippi ..................: 18,424 18,318 18,123 18,364 18,484 18,423 Missouri .....................: 9,167 9,182 9,275 9,236 9,251 9,261 : North Carolina ...............: 26,323 25,794 26,253 26,181 26,112 26,087 Oklahoma .....................: 5,382 5,829 5,670 5,337 5,852 5,817 Pennsylvania .................: 8,601 8,978 9,011 8,714 8,984 8,887 South Carolina ...............: 6,100 6,137 6,197 6,234 6,216 6,223 Texas ........................: 19,594 19,398 19,728 19,226 19,482 19,442 Virginia .....................: 5,654 5,654 5,553 5,653 5,654 5,814 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,566 15,684 15,557 15,630 14,840 15,327 : Other States .................: 17,138 17,289 17,157 17,018 17,216 17,145 : United States ................: 249,491 250,001 250,915 250,321 250,597 250,314 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : July 12, : July 19, : July 26, : August 2, : August 9, : August 16, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,242 24,392 23,774 23,528 23,716 24,090 Arkansas .....................: 22,491 20,622 21,419 21,252 22,057 21,849 Delaware .....................: 6,011 5,460 5,886 6,292 5,398 5,462 Georgia ......................: 27,616 27,298 28,229 26,876 26,813 26,825 Kentucky .....................: 6,387 5,964 5,825 5,962 5,446 6,021 Maryland .....................: 5,594 6,332 5,916 5,308 6,553 6,379 Mississippi ..................: 14,431 14,753 14,558 14,809 14,768 14,598 Missouri .....................: 5,565 5,650 6,058 6,281 5,493 5,621 : North Carolina ...............: 21,105 20,837 20,328 20,851 20,778 20,892 Oklahoma .....................: 3,225 4,984 3,314 3,215 3,647 3,852 Pennsylvania .................: 5,104 5,110 4,877 5,117 5,160 5,294 South Carolina ...............: 4,624 4,349 4,599 5,760 4,994 5,088 Texas ........................: 15,173 15,346 14,898 15,271 14,877 15,254 Virginia .....................: 5,025 5,272 5,304 5,421 5,255 5,722 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,085 14,020 13,232 13,615 14,009 13,200 : Other States .................: 13,981 13,938 13,965 13,714 14,161 13,844 : United States ................: 194,659 194,327 192,182 193,272 193,125 193,991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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