Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that, compared to the same week last year, the number of broiler-type eggs set was up one per cent while slightly more chicks were placed.
18 March 2010
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Broiler-type eggs set in 19 selected states up one per cent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly programme set 206 million eggs in incubators during the week ending 13 March 2010. This was up one per cent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 per cent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler chicks placed up slightly
Broiler growers in the 19-state weekly programme placed 170 million chicks for meat production during the week ending 13 March 2010. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from 3 January 2010 to 13 March 2010 were 1.67 billion, down slightly from the same period a year earlier.
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