Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released June 25, 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 252 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 21, 2025, up 2 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 195 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 21, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through June 21, 2025 for the United States were 4.80 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 17, : May 24, : May 31, : June 7, : June 14, : June 21, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,344 35,356 35,308 35,547 35,190 35,078 Arkansas .....................: 26,545 26,606 26,412 26,564 26,731 26,571 Delaware .....................: 5,770 5,741 5,755 5,752 5,752 5,752 Georgia ......................: 34,956 35,022 35,228 35,212 35,021 35,018 Kentucky .....................: 8,405 8,456 8,390 8,483 8,451 8,544 Maryland .....................: 8,380 8,416 8,416 8,380 8,442 8,513 Mississippi ..................: 18,124 18,033 18,124 18,152 18,153 18,031 Missouri .....................: 9,224 9,219 9,224 9,223 9,220 9,228 : North Carolina ...............: 25,215 26,152 26,395 26,480 26,361 26,095 Oklahoma .....................: 5,831 5,776 5,793 5,817 5,738 5,793 Pennsylvania .................: 8,669 8,654 8,690 8,940 8,946 8,902 South Carolina ...............: 6,272 6,138 6,175 6,235 5,942 6,175 Texas ........................: 19,687 19,832 19,762 19,730 19,682 19,793 Virginia .....................: 5,683 5,680 5,665 5,668 5,450 5,638 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,002 15,989 15,966 15,774 15,833 16,030 : Other States .................: 16,824 17,090 16,995 16,950 16,983 17,085 : United States ................: 250,931 252,160 252,298 252,907 251,895 252,246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 17, : May 24, : May 31, : June 7, : June 14, : June 21, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,935 24,251 23,968 24,596 24,500 24,077 Arkansas .....................: 22,160 21,777 22,155 22,238 23,335 22,177 Delaware .....................: 4,803 5,326 4,529 4,887 6,058 5,571 Georgia ......................: 25,951 26,986 27,315 27,073 26,615 28,244 Kentucky .....................: 5,899 6,254 6,103 6,366 6,059 6,566 Maryland .....................: 6,845 6,387 6,555 7,268 6,066 6,497 Mississippi ..................: 14,495 14,475 14,529 14,401 14,526 14,469 Missouri .....................: 5,564 5,118 6,123 6,166 5,316 5,115 : North Carolina ...............: 20,122 20,544 20,238 20,056 20,271 20,437 Oklahoma .....................: 4,251 4,226 3,333 3,555 3,083 4,536 Pennsylvania .................: 5,160 5,257 4,583 4,903 4,930 4,881 South Carolina ...............: 4,672 5,300 4,578 4,784 4,588 5,025 Texas ........................: 14,922 14,908 15,238 15,253 15,214 15,083 Virginia .....................: 5,345 5,164 5,972 4,895 4,893 5,295 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,011 14,649 13,971 13,759 15,237 13,641 : Other States .................: 13,499 13,449 13,554 13,535 13,690 13,726 : United States ................: 192,634 194,071 192,744 193,735 194,381 195,340 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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