Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released August 6, 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 251 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 2, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.4 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 August 2, 2025, up 1 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through August 2, 2025 for the United States were 5.97 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 28, : July 5, : July 12, : July 19, : July 26, : August 2, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,038 34,928 34,240 34,611 34,862 34,842 Arkansas .....................: 26,348 25,519 25,758 26,253 26,326 26,295 Delaware .....................: 5,722 5,757 5,741 5,741 5,742 5,742 Georgia ......................: 35,201 35,233 35,347 35,387 35,597 35,341 Kentucky .....................: 7,984 8,028 8,044 8,185 8,304 8,253 Maryland .....................: 8,416 8,415 8,412 8,417 8,444 8,416 Mississippi ..................: 18,394 18,063 18,424 18,318 18,154 18,254 Missouri .....................: 9,165 8,980 9,167 9,165 9,236 9,236 : North Carolina ...............: 26,060 24,814 26,323 25,846 26,214 26,181 Oklahoma .....................: 5,829 6,145 6,145 5,829 5,734 5,852 Pennsylvania .................: 8,824 8,630 8,601 8,917 8,931 8,714 South Carolina ...............: 6,168 6,067 6,100 6,135 6,197 6,234 Texas ........................: 19,580 19,241 19,594 19,429 19,754 19,226 Virginia .....................: 5,651 5,657 5,654 5,654 5,654 5,653 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,460 15,267 15,566 16,102 16,037 16,052 : Other States .................: 17,022 17,123 17,138 17,289 17,157 17,018 : United States ................: 250,862 247,867 250,254 251,278 252,343 251,309 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : June 28, : July 5, : July 12, : July 19, : July 26, : August 2, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,758 24,038 24,242 24,392 23,774 23,540 Arkansas .....................: 21,462 21,913 22,491 20,622 21,655 21,709 Delaware .....................: 6,605 4,909 6,011 5,460 5,886 6,292 Georgia ......................: 27,702 27,194 27,616 27,298 28,229 26,876 Kentucky .....................: 6,420 6,387 6,387 5,964 5,825 5,961 Maryland .....................: 5,742 7,103 5,594 6,332 5,916 5,308 Mississippi ..................: 14,455 14,335 14,431 14,753 14,558 14,874 Missouri .....................: 5,624 6,655 5,565 5,650 6,058 6,265 : North Carolina ...............: 20,858 21,576 21,105 20,837 20,328 20,851 Oklahoma .....................: 4,606 3,024 3,225 4,984 2,949 3,373 Pennsylvania .................: 4,962 5,011 5,104 5,110 4,877 5,117 South Carolina ...............: 5,376 4,659 4,624 4,349 4,599 5,760 Texas ........................: 15,242 15,164 15,173 15,346 14,898 15,220 Virginia .....................: 4,832 4,827 5,025 5,272 5,304 5,421 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,036 14,128 14,085 14,020 13,232 13,581 : Other States .................: 13,689 13,861 13,993 13,926 13,965 13,510 : United States ................: 195,369 194,784 194,671 194,315 192,053 193,658 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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