Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released September 24, 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 3 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 247 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 20, 2025, up 3 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 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 195 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 20, 2025, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through September 20, 2025 for the United States were 7.32 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 16, : August 23, : August 30, :September 6, :September 13,:September 20, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 34,605 34,194 34,809 34,455 34,452 34,713 Arkansas .....................: 25,815 26,043 26,118 26,062 24,558 25,980 Delaware .....................: 5,460 5,460 5,589 5,402 5,496 5,589 Georgia ......................: 35,238 35,148 35,341 34,997 34,848 34,613 Kentucky .....................: 7,926 7,954 7,840 7,939 8,004 7,796 Maryland .....................: 8,417 8,417 8,415 8,168 8,417 8,417 Mississippi ..................: 18,423 18,393 18,388 18,118 17,307 17,110 Missouri .....................: 9,420 9,135 9,334 9,187 8,915 9,262 : North Carolina ...............: 25,816 25,764 25,689 25,392 25,830 25,670 Oklahoma .....................: 5,868 5,745 5,742 5,426 5,426 5,792 Pennsylvania .................: 8,922 8,876 9,000 8,849 8,869 8,997 South Carolina ...............: 6,244 6,151 6,103 5,990 5,943 6,066 Texas ........................: 19,273 19,290 19,199 18,987 19,137 18,672 Virginia .....................: 5,814 5,342 5,607 5,637 5,435 5,622 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 15,792 15,936 16,215 15,885 15,543 15,897 : Other States .................: 17,214 16,919 16,951 16,810 16,880 16,909 : United States ................: 250,247 248,767 250,340 247,304 245,060 247,105 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : August 16, : August 23, : August 30, :September 6, :September 13,:September 20, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,236 24,010 24,459 24,175 23,520 23,674 Arkansas .....................: 21,861 21,563 21,484 21,307 21,520 22,245 Delaware .....................: 5,358 5,038 4,658 6,105 5,736 5,369 Georgia ......................: 27,176 26,808 27,123 26,482 26,970 27,996 Kentucky .....................: 6,013 6,122 6,069 5,996 5,975 5,877 Maryland .....................: 6,333 7,177 7,348 5,966 6,141 6,109 Mississippi ..................: 14,383 14,329 14,357 14,697 14,722 14,792 Missouri .....................: 5,621 5,666 6,463 5,949 5,392 6,319 : North Carolina ...............: 20,729 20,607 20,737 20,835 20,536 20,797 Oklahoma .....................: 3,852 4,347 3,607 4,509 4,898 3,432 Pennsylvania .................: 5,349 4,875 5,138 4,900 5,153 5,353 South Carolina ...............: 4,494 5,155 4,713 5,104 5,537 4,610 Texas ........................: 15,223 14,887 15,229 15,169 15,217 15,201 Virginia .....................: 5,710 4,985 5,927 4,894 4,433 5,122 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,162 13,883 12,984 14,098 13,943 14,406 : Other States .................: 14,021 14,037 13,885 13,979 14,164 13,992 : United States ................: 193,521 193,489 194,181 194,165 193,857 195,294 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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