18 October 2012
USDA Broiler Hatchery: Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up Slightly
According to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), compared to the same week last year, slightly more broiler-type eggs were set while one per cent more chicks were placed.
Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 182 million eggs in incubators during the week ending October 13, 2012. This was up slightly from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Up 1 Percent
Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 156 million chicks for meat production during the week ending October 13, 2012. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 1, 2012 through October 13, 2012 were 6.68 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Published by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
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