Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released May 7, 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 May 3, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.0 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 May 3, 2025, up slightly from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through May 3, 2025 for the United States were 3.45 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 29, : April 5, : April 12, : April 19, : April 26, : May 3, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,312 35,226 35,355 35,363 35,437 35,378 Arkansas .....................: 26,273 26,227 26,278 26,249 25,948 26,071 Delaware .....................: 5,596 5,809 5,756 5,691 5,859 5,716 Georgia ......................: 34,725 34,342 33,969 34,659 34,544 34,479 Kentucky .....................: 7,987 7,919 7,631 8,089 8,074 7,885 Maryland .....................: 8,583 8,579 8,579 8,579 8,579 8,544 Mississippi ..................: 17,802 18,054 17,993 18,033 18,033 18,125 Missouri .....................: 8,920 9,230 9,230 8,909 9,216 8,715 : North Carolina ...............: 25,663 25,008 25,901 25,680 25,003 25,994 Oklahoma .....................: 5,831 5,782 5,812 5,808 5,808 5,808 Pennsylvania .................: 8,258 8,567 8,662 8,692 8,950 8,581 South Carolina ...............: 6,135 6,052 6,111 6,120 6,115 6,235 Texas ........................: 19,203 19,246 19,328 19,241 19,082 19,234 Virginia .....................: 5,449 5,725 5,727 5,708 5,705 5,672 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,315 16,254 16,317 16,293 16,254 16,075 : Other States .................: 16,818 16,503 16,691 16,746 16,893 16,763 : United States ................: 248,870 248,523 249,340 249,860 249,500 249,275 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : March 29, : April 5, : April 12, : April 19, : April 26, : May 3, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,572 24,371 24,117 24,511 24,264 24,565 Arkansas .....................: 21,675 21,328 20,919 22,961 21,952 21,343 Delaware .....................: 5,937 5,330 5,658 6,296 5,996 5,509 Georgia ......................: 27,240 26,208 26,207 26,437 26,588 26,498 Kentucky .....................: 5,684 6,177 5,719 5,879 5,954 5,796 Maryland .....................: 5,873 6,432 6,282 5,987 6,476 6,759 Mississippi ..................: 14,340 14,456 14,540 14,209 14,609 14,487 Missouri .....................: 5,885 6,318 6,675 5,593 5,522 6,191 : North Carolina ...............: 20,342 20,172 20,043 20,098 19,725 20,192 Oklahoma .....................: 3,399 3,284 3,936 3,046 4,281 4,118 Pennsylvania .................: 4,869 4,677 4,986 4,652 4,848 4,902 South Carolina ...............: 4,583 5,309 5,258 4,784 5,560 4,354 Texas ........................: 14,880 14,837 14,729 14,746 14,703 14,906 Virginia .....................: 5,336 5,225 4,279 4,122 4,684 4,824 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,041 13,608 14,924 14,269 14,065 14,530 : Other States .................: 13,649 13,455 13,549 13,629 13,104 13,454 : United States ................: 191,305 191,187 191,821 191,219 192,331 192,428 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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