Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released July 2, 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 2 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 252 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 28, 2025, up 2 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 79.2 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 196 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 28, 2025, up 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 4, 2025 through June 28, 2025 for the United States were 5.00 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 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 24, : May 31, : June 7, : June 14, : June 21, : June 28, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 35,360 35,339 35,325 35,190 35,078 35,118 Arkansas .....................: 26,606 26,412 27,398 26,731 26,571 26,516 Delaware .....................: 5,741 5,755 5,752 5,752 5,752 5,752 Georgia ......................: 34,967 35,247 35,248 34,983 35,045 35,175 Kentucky .....................: 8,446 8,390 8,426 8,482 8,544 8,489 Maryland .....................: 8,417 8,416 8,413 8,417 8,513 8,521 Mississippi ..................: 18,033 18,124 18,152 18,153 18,031 17,971 Missouri .....................: 9,219 9,224 9,226 9,220 9,228 9,167 : North Carolina ...............: 26,089 26,515 26,514 26,318 26,095 26,346 Oklahoma .....................: 6,105 5,931 5,817 5,738 5,793 5,888 Pennsylvania .................: 8,654 8,690 8,879 8,946 8,902 8,843 South Carolina ...............: 6,260 6,345 6,235 5,939 6,175 6,151 Texas ........................: 19,844 20,036 19,760 19,682 19,793 19,776 Virginia .....................: 5,680 5,665 5,668 5,450 5,638 5,651 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 16,009 15,893 15,963 15,861 16,071 15,793 : Other States .................: 17,193 17,084 16,942 16,943 17,085 17,037 : United States ................: 252,623 253,066 253,718 251,805 252,314 252,194 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : May 24, : May 31, : June 7, : June 14, : June 21, : June 28, : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 24,251 23,999 24,596 24,500 24,077 23,812 Arkansas .....................: 21,758 22,055 22,138 23,235 22,077 21,887 Delaware .....................: 5,248 4,498 4,792 6,388 5,571 5,417 Georgia ......................: 26,615 27,676 27,468 26,626 28,304 28,237 Kentucky .....................: 6,265 6,112 6,425 6,045 6,566 6,449 Maryland .....................: 6,071 6,083 7,325 5,563 6,497 6,238 Mississippi ..................: 14,345 14,346 14,396 14,576 14,594 14,511 Missouri .....................: 5,118 6,223 6,266 5,416 5,215 5,724 : North Carolina ...............: 20,280 20,037 20,154 20,352 20,557 20,591 Oklahoma .....................: 4,226 3,333 3,555 3,083 4,536 4,848 Pennsylvania .................: 5,257 4,583 4,903 4,930 4,881 4,935 South Carolina ...............: 5,352 4,725 5,079 4,633 4,892 4,901 Texas ........................: 14,984 15,467 15,283 15,264 15,143 15,242 Virginia .....................: 5,224 6,558 5,041 4,829 5,295 5,543 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 14,642 14,000 13,769 15,262 13,536 13,963 : Other States .................: 13,439 13,530 13,507 13,677 13,726 13,682 : United States ................: 193,075 193,225 194,697 194,379 195,467 195,980 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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