USDA Broiler Hatchery
03 October 2012
USDA Broiler Hatchery - 3 October 2012
Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 2 Percent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 186 million eggs in incubators during the week ending September 29, 2012. This was up 2 percent 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 Slightly
Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 154 million chicks for meat production during the week ending September 29, 2012. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 1, 2012 through September 29, 2012 were 6.37 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier.
October 2012
Published by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
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