Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report

Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Up 3 Percent

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 220 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 12, 2007. This was up 3 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.

Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.

Broiler Chicks Placed Up 4 Percent

Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 181 million chicks for meat production during the week ending May 12, 2007.

Placements were up 4 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through May 12, 2007 were 3.32 billion, down slightly from the same period a year earlier.

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