Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released April 30, 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 249 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 26, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 78.9 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 26, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through April 26, 2025 for the United States were 3.25 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 22, : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : April 19, : April 26, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,099 35,202 35,104 35,236 35,363 35,437 Arkansas .....................: 26,185 26,268 26,244 26,208 26,249 25,948 Delaware .....................: 5,521 5,576 5,663 5,676 5,661 5,657 Georgia ......................: 34,463 34,691 34,313 34,380 34,659 34,544 Kentucky .....................: 7,951 8,007 7,919 8,031 8,296 8,074 Maryland .....................: 8,471 8,584 8,563 8,579 8,579 8,579 Mississippi ..................: 18,201 17,802 18,116 18,055 18,033 18,033 Missouri .....................: 9,202 8,920 9,262 9,225 8,909 9,216 : North Carolina ...............: 25,141 25,665 25,008 25,953 25,680 25,209 Oklahoma .....................: 6,093 5,831 5,772 5,812 5,808 5,808 Pennsylvania .................: 8,654 8,258 8,453 8,662 8,692 8,950 South Carolina ...............: 6,063 6,135 6,052 6,111 6,120 6,115 Texas ........................: 19,315 19,203 19,246 19,087 19,241 19,082 Virginia .....................: 5,887 5,449 5,725 5,727 5,708 5,705 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,367 16,311 16,254 16,317 16,293 16,248 : Other States .................: 16,900 16,871 16,477 16,691 16,746 16,893 : United States ................: 249,513 248,773 248,171 249,750 250,037 249,498 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 22, : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : April 19, : April 26, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,527 23,572 24,371 24,117 24,617 24,264 Arkansas .....................: 20,649 21,675 21,328 20,919 22,961 22,102 Delaware .....................: 5,526 6,003 5,939 4,839 6,463 5,841 Georgia ......................: 26,562 27,240 26,208 26,207 26,437 26,566 Kentucky .....................: 5,952 5,684 6,177 5,719 5,879 5,970 Maryland .....................: 6,451 5,970 6,060 6,867 5,587 6,341 Mississippi ..................: 14,353 14,340 14,456 14,540 14,209 14,609 Missouri .....................: 6,131 5,885 6,318 6,675 5,593 5,322 : North Carolina ...............: 20,024 20,342 20,033 19,722 19,998 19,655 Oklahoma .....................: 4,383 3,399 3,284 3,936 3,046 4,281 Pennsylvania .................: 4,781 4,869 4,787 4,986 4,652 4,848 South Carolina ...............: 4,756 4,583 5,309 5,258 4,784 5,560 Texas ........................: 14,788 14,880 14,837 14,729 14,746 14,703 Virginia .....................: 5,083 5,152 5,219 4,569 4,379 4,684 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,925 14,041 13,608 14,924 14,269 13,954 : Other States .................: 13,627 13,649 13,434 13,550 13,683 13,073 : United States ................: 191,518 191,284 191,368 191,557 191,303 191,773 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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