Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - This week, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that the number of eggs and broiler chicks placed were each down six per cent.Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Down Six Per Cent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly programme set 203 million eggs in incubators during the week ending 18 April 2009. This was down six per cent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 per cent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler Chicks Placed Down Six Per Cent
Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 167 million chicks for meat production during the week ending 18 April 2009. Placements were down six per cent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from 28 December 2008 through 18 April 2009 were 2.68 billion, down six per cent from the same period a year earlier.
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