Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released March 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 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 250 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 15, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 78.7 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 March 15, 2025, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through March 15, 2025 for the United States were 2.10 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 8, :February 15, :February 22, : March 1, : March 8, : March 15, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,132 35,425 35,231 35,336 35,494 35,225 Arkansas .....................: 26,448 26,238 25,948 27,210 27,342 26,634 Delaware .....................: 5,742 5,682 5,730 5,716 5,721 5,714 Georgia ......................: 34,837 34,610 34,560 34,294 34,732 34,711 Kentucky .....................: 7,959 7,873 8,083 8,017 8,085 8,102 Maryland .....................: 8,583 8,590 8,534 8,534 8,583 8,584 Mississippi ..................: 18,099 18,144 18,114 18,235 18,341 18,159 Missouri .....................: 8,849 9,008 8,934 9,013 9,008 9,028 : North Carolina ...............: 25,792 24,895 26,154 25,853 26,104 25,869 Oklahoma .....................: 5,931 5,696 6,109 5,677 5,763 5,081 Pennsylvania .................: 8,580 8,505 8,527 8,523 8,511 8,124 South Carolina ...............: 6,025 6,265 6,133 6,239 6,085 6,200 Texas ........................: 19,423 19,305 19,350 19,222 19,560 19,487 Virginia .....................: 5,876 5,778 5,909 5,886 5,887 5,887 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,013 16,169 15,673 16,042 16,081 16,116 : Other States .................: 16,084 16,570 16,850 16,989 16,997 17,029 : United States ................: 249,373 248,753 249,839 250,786 252,294 249,950 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : February 8, :February 15, :February 22, : March 1, : March 8, : March 15, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,587 23,616 23,987 23,783 24,659 23,931 Arkansas .....................: 21,235 21,179 21,752 21,312 21,383 21,433 Delaware .....................: 6,588 5,516 6,270 4,996 4,811 5,136 Georgia ......................: 27,117 26,295 27,819 28,065 26,300 26,964 Kentucky .....................: 5,496 5,877 5,860 5,745 5,710 5,758 Maryland .....................: 6,227 7,386 6,067 7,003 7,294 6,750 Mississippi ..................: 14,299 14,358 14,100 14,408 14,325 14,367 Missouri .....................: 5,712 5,892 5,956 5,514 5,768 5,548 : North Carolina ...............: 19,864 20,125 19,510 20,146 19,617 20,256 Oklahoma .....................: 3,682 3,603 3,332 4,008 4,169 3,966 Pennsylvania .................: 4,771 4,594 4,704 4,801 4,864 4,655 South Carolina ...............: 4,832 5,760 4,170 4,416 5,403 5,142 Texas ........................: 14,838 15,095 14,411 14,823 14,918 15,078 Virginia .....................: 4,651 4,828 5,200 5,250 4,741 4,952 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,844 13,406 13,423 14,035 13,684 14,303 : Other States .................: 13,595 13,645 13,200 12,509 13,534 13,438 : United States ................: 191,338 191,175 189,761 190,814 191,180 191,677 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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