Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released January 8, 2025, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Special Note Beginning with this publication, Other States will also include Florida and Louisiana. Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 4 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 248 million eggs in incubators during the week ending January 4, 2025, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.3 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 192 million chicks for meat production during the week ending January 4, 2025, up 2 percent from a year ago. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2024 and 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 30, : December 7, :December 14, :December 21, :December 28, : January 4, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,506 35,044 35,791 35,377 35,092 35,319 Arkansas .....................: 26,154 25,655 25,874 25,996 26,044 26,090 Delaware .....................: 5,430 5,602 5,604 5,637 5,725 5,738 Florida ......................: 1,225 1,222 1,222 1,225 1,225 (NA) Georgia ......................: 34,766 33,936 34,640 35,241 34,728 34,906 Kentucky .....................: 8,090 7,353 7,752 8,016 7,977 7,986 Louisiana ....................: 3,655 3,653 3,624 3,624 3,624 (NA) Maryland .....................: 8,095 8,095 8,094 8,094 8,094 8,094 Mississippi ..................: 18,107 18,174 18,143 18,066 18,081 18,169 Missouri .....................: 9,201 9,201 9,112 9,114 9,114 9,097 : North Carolina ...............: 26,216 25,931 26,068 26,112 26,362 26,190 Oklahoma .....................: 6,040 5,545 5,770 5,669 5,683 5,770 Pennsylvania .................: 8,032 8,348 8,248 8,138 7,731 8,115 South Carolina ...............: 5,939 5,953 5,735 6,191 6,054 5,894 Texas ........................: 20,104 18,962 18,913 19,415 19,056 19,259 Virginia .....................: 6,091 5,362 5,719 5,668 5,685 5,691 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,583 15,061 15,019 15,040 15,564 15,202 : Other States .................: 11,995 11,912 11,915 11,918 11,620 16,655 : United States ................: 250,229 245,009 247,243 248,541 247,459 248,175 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2024 and 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :November 30, : December 7, :December 14, :December 21, :December 28, : January 4, : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2024 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,321 24,405 24,659 25,076 25,633 26,141 Arkansas .....................: 21,079 21,414 22,097 21,373 21,617 22,163 Delaware .....................: 4,635 4,585 5,885 4,647 4,866 4,476 Florida ......................: 1,240 1,290 1,194 1,312 1,299 (NA) Georgia ......................: 26,379 27,716 27,218 27,169 26,649 26,370 Kentucky .....................: 5,758 6,034 6,041 5,874 5,423 5,726 Louisiana ....................: 2,861 3,092 3,093 3,065 3,029 (NA) Maryland .....................: 5,934 6,247 5,849 6,084 5,447 6,290 Mississippi ..................: 14,215 14,469 14,689 14,680 14,516 14,327 Missouri .....................: 5,896 5,734 5,655 6,296 6,569 5,444 : North Carolina ...............: 20,535 21,050 20,079 20,973 20,251 20,529 Oklahoma .....................: 4,191 4,328 3,961 4,005 2,842 3,527 Pennsylvania .................: 5,158 5,487 5,222 5,290 4,967 5,401 South Carolina ...............: 4,415 4,973 6,096 5,142 4,958 5,154 Texas ........................: 14,463 15,247 15,373 15,306 14,736 14,663 Virginia .....................: 5,181 4,812 4,503 5,644 5,468 5,174 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,001 14,043 13,320 13,269 13,307 13,090 : Other States .................: 9,072 9,250 9,374 9,387 9,248 13,415 : United States ................: 189,334 194,176 194,308 194,592 190,825 191,890 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available 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 Ryan Cowen, Acting Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ...................................................... (202) 720-3040 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................................................................................... (202) 720-0585 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........................................................................... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................................................................................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................................................................................ (202) 690-3237 Seth Riggins - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ................................................................................................. 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