USDA Chickens and Eggs
23 March 2012
USDA Chickens and Eggs
In the latest USDA Chicken and Eggs report, February egg production is up three per cent.
United States egg production totaled 7.24 billion during February 2012, up 3 percent from last year. Production included
6.25 billion table eggs, and 987 million hatching eggs, of which 914 million were broiler-type and 73 million were eggtype. The total number of layers during February 2012 averaged 338 million, down slightly from last year. February egg production per 100 layers was 2,140 eggs, up 4 percent from February 2011.
All layers in the United States on March 1, 2012 totaled 339 million, down slightly from last year. The 339 million layers
consisted of 285 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 50.8 million layers producing broiler-type hatching
eggs, and 3.10 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on March 1, 2012, averaged 74.0 eggs
per 100 layers, up slightly from March 1, 2011.
Egg-Type Chicks Hatched Up 5 Percent
Egg-type chicks hatched during February 2012 totaled 39.3 million, up 5 percent from February 2011. Eggs in incubators
totaled 39.3 million on March 1, 2012, down 2 percent from a year ago.
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 238 thousand
during February 2012, down 2 percent from February 2011.
Broiler-Type Chicks Hatched Down 1 Percent
Broiler-type chicks hatched during February 2012 totaled 705 million, down 1 percent from February 2011. Eggs in
incubators totaled 611 million on March 1, 2012, down 5 percent from a year earlier.
Leading breeders placed 7.03 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during
February 2012, down 1 percent from February 2011.
Published by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
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