Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 16, 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 Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 250 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 12, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 78.6 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 12, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through April 12, 2025 for the United States were 2.87 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 8, : March 15, : March 22, : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,129 35,315 35,099 35,343 34,980 35,259 Arkansas .....................: 26,071 26,095 26,185 26,374 26,404 26,208 Delaware .....................: 5,721 5,621 5,521 5,576 5,663 5,676 Georgia ......................: 34,547 34,389 34,541 34,649 34,332 34,380 Kentucky .....................: 8,285 8,228 7,961 8,334 8,138 8,148 Maryland .....................: 8,583 8,584 8,584 8,584 8,585 8,585 Mississippi ..................: 18,087 18,079 18,201 17,864 18,055 18,055 Missouri .....................: 9,195 9,215 9,202 9,195 9,226 9,225 : North Carolina ...............: 26,194 25,955 25,957 26,199 26,220 26,136 Oklahoma .....................: 5,679 5,189 6,093 5,773 5,772 5,812 Pennsylvania .................: 8,435 8,384 8,654 8,168 8,453 8,500 South Carolina ...............: 5,966 5,962 6,063 6,140 6,052 6,111 Texas ........................: 19,455 19,408 19,309 19,282 19,415 19,414 Virginia .....................: 5,887 5,887 5,887 5,448 5,725 5,727 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,541 15,967 16,382 16,306 16,255 16,238 : Other States .................: 16,977 16,800 16,902 16,920 16,486 16,693 : United States ................: 249,752 249,078 250,541 250,155 249,761 250,167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 8, : March 15, : March 22, : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,606 23,914 24,527 23,572 24,351 24,116 Arkansas .....................: 21,075 21,217 20,649 21,675 21,328 20,919 Delaware .....................: 4,811 5,333 6,094 6,003 5,997 5,494 Georgia ......................: 26,250 26,867 26,525 27,210 26,630 26,532 Kentucky .....................: 5,710 5,758 5,873 5,641 6,012 5,558 Maryland .....................: 7,222 6,567 5,970 5,970 6,134 6,592 Mississippi ..................: 14,451 14,477 14,353 14,340 14,470 14,537 Missouri .....................: 6,009 5,789 6,131 5,885 6,318 6,675 : North Carolina ...............: 19,777 20,321 20,064 20,327 20,146 20,117 Oklahoma .....................: 4,169 3,966 4,383 3,399 3,284 3,936 Pennsylvania .................: 4,924 4,715 4,781 4,869 4,787 4,913 South Carolina ...............: 5,403 5,142 4,820 4,595 5,305 5,132 Texas ........................: 14,729 14,850 14,788 14,880 14,837 14,729 Virginia .....................: 4,741 4,913 4,771 5,152 4,746 4,457 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,684 14,180 13,937 14,041 13,602 14,819 : Other States .................: 13,533 13,470 13,620 13,669 13,447 13,503 : United States ................: 191,094 191,479 191,286 191,228 191,394 192,029 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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