Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 19, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 249 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 15, 2025, up 2 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 3 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 191 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 15, 2025, up 3 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through February 15, 2025 for the United States were 1.34 billion. Cumulative placements were up 3 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 11, : January 18, : January 25, : February 1, : February 8, :February 15, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,268 34,844 34,930 35,239 35,155 35,284 Arkansas .....................: 25,877 25,535 25,777 25,257 25,607 25,490 Delaware .....................: 5,748 5,743 5,742 5,742 5,742 5,682 Georgia ......................: 34,941 34,279 34,550 34,945 34,537 34,948 Kentucky .....................: 7,941 7,911 7,993 7,969 7,996 7,970 Maryland .....................: 8,570 8,586 8,585 8,583 8,585 8,585 Mississippi ..................: 18,203 18,112 18,097 17,954 18,097 18,324 Missouri .....................: 8,909 8,984 9,000 8,918 8,849 8,848 : North Carolina ...............: 26,168 26,083 26,109 25,221 26,001 25,988 Oklahoma .....................: 5,851 5,606 5,802 5,669 5,901 5,800 Pennsylvania .................: 8,692 8,596 8,360 8,491 8,604 8,576 South Carolina ...............: 5,915 6,079 6,202 6,311 6,024 6,210 Texas ........................: 19,556 19,424 19,835 18,893 19,438 19,382 Virginia .....................: 5,722 5,730 5,718 5,835 5,876 5,778 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,029 15,714 15,357 15,806 16,059 15,810 : Other States .................: 16,929 16,828 16,919 16,808 16,583 16,610 : United States ................: 249,319 248,054 248,976 247,641 249,054 249,285 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 11, : January 18, : January 25, : February 1, : February 8, :February 15, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,721 23,734 24,541 24,268 24,668 23,719 Arkansas .....................: 22,808 21,088 21,404 21,464 21,235 21,226 Delaware .....................: 5,888 4,565 5,484 6,264 6,232 5,406 Georgia ......................: 27,523 27,223 26,915 27,762 27,029 26,293 Kentucky .....................: 5,646 5,768 5,504 5,920 5,496 5,877 Maryland .....................: 5,900 6,916 6,648 6,292 6,382 7,244 Mississippi ..................: 14,261 14,154 13,924 14,635 14,299 14,399 Missouri .....................: 5,754 5,092 6,080 5,284 5,712 5,918 : North Carolina ...............: 20,409 20,032 20,052 19,857 19,864 20,034 Oklahoma .....................: 2,396 4,894 3,479 3,906 3,682 3,391 Pennsylvania .................: 5,359 5,013 4,845 4,798 4,974 4,852 South Carolina ...............: 4,327 5,022 5,297 5,173 4,880 5,794 Texas ........................: 14,831 15,210 15,553 15,023 14,838 15,212 Virginia .....................: 4,759 4,983 4,858 4,879 4,595 4,828 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 12,289 13,811 14,173 12,962 13,844 13,371 : Other States .................: 13,499 13,552 13,559 13,422 13,595 13,597 : United States ................: 190,370 191,057 192,316 191,909 191,325 191,161 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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