Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 17, 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 4 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 246 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 13, 2025, up 4 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.8 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 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 194 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 13, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through September 13, 2025 for the United States were 7.13 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 9, : August 16, : August 23, : August 30, :September 6, :September 13, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,549 34,605 34,194 34,809 34,455 34,452 Arkansas .....................: 25,943 25,815 26,043 25,929 25,962 25,191 Delaware .....................: 5,589 5,460 5,460 5,589 5,402 5,496 Georgia ......................: 35,139 35,238 35,167 35,336 34,997 34,828 Kentucky .....................: 7,919 7,926 7,954 8,030 7,962 8,004 Maryland .....................: 8,416 8,417 8,417 8,417 8,412 8,417 Mississippi ..................: 18,328 18,423 18,393 18,393 18,118 17,307 Missouri .....................: 9,241 9,420 9,135 9,188 9,187 8,915 : North Carolina ...............: 25,985 25,877 25,995 26,126 25,881 25,830 Oklahoma .....................: 5,608 5,868 5,745 5,742 5,426 5,426 Pennsylvania .................: 9,009 8,922 8,876 9,000 8,776 8,869 South Carolina ...............: 6,268 6,244 6,151 6,103 5,988 5,933 Texas ........................: 19,098 19,273 19,290 19,038 18,987 19,077 Virginia .....................: 5,654 5,814 5,342 5,515 5,637 5,435 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,644 15,792 15,966 15,933 15,904 15,930 : Other States .................: 17,054 17,033 16,867 16,898 16,837 16,880 : United States ................: 249,444 250,127 248,995 250,046 247,931 245,990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 9, : August 16, : August 23, : August 30, :September 6, :September 13, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,716 24,236 24,010 24,459 24,175 23,520 Arkansas .....................: 22,057 21,861 21,563 21,484 21,307 21,498 Delaware .....................: 5,562 5,358 5,002 4,607 6,471 5,736 Georgia ......................: 27,106 27,176 27,017 27,277 26,522 27,017 Kentucky .....................: 5,479 6,013 6,138 6,100 6,064 5,985 Maryland .....................: 6,138 6,333 6,912 6,971 5,368 6,141 Mississippi ..................: 14,646 14,383 14,329 14,357 14,697 14,738 Missouri .....................: 5,493 5,621 5,666 6,463 5,949 5,392 : North Carolina ...............: 20,461 20,729 20,570 20,798 21,048 20,825 Oklahoma .....................: 3,647 3,852 4,347 3,607 4,509 4,898 Pennsylvania .................: 5,135 5,349 5,068 5,260 5,017 5,153 South Carolina ...............: 4,971 4,494 5,113 4,741 4,981 5,333 Texas ........................: 14,900 15,223 14,887 15,229 15,169 15,217 Virginia .....................: 5,602 5,710 5,111 6,041 4,895 4,433 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,021 13,162 13,887 12,987 14,097 13,957 : Other States .................: 14,184 14,021 14,031 13,883 13,814 14,064 : United States ................: 193,118 193,521 193,651 194,264 194,083 193,907 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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