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Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), compared to the same week last year, three per cent more broiler-type eggs were set, and one per cent more chicks were placed.
Broiler-type eggs set up three per cent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly programme set 208 million eggs in incubators during the week ending 24 July 2010. This was up three per cent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 per cent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler-type chicks placed up one per cent
Broiler growers in the 19-state weekly programme placed 169 million chicks for meat production during the week ending 24 July 2010. Placements were up one per cent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from 3 January 2010 to 24 July 2010 were 4.93 billion, up one per cent from the same period a year earlier.
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