Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report

Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Up 2 Percent

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 209 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 8, 2007. This was up 2 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 2 Percent

Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 177 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 8, 2007.

Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 31, 2006 through September 8, 2007 were 6.37 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.

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