Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Up 2 Percent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Up 2 Percent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 216 million eggs in incubators during
the week ending December 17, 2005. This was up 2 percent from the eggs set the corresponding
week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 percent.
Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three
weeks earlier.
Broiler Chicks Up 2 Percent
Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 176 million chicks for meat production
during the week ending December 17, 2005. Placements were up 2 percent from the comparable
week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from January 2, 2005 through December 17, 2005 were
8.69 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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Source: USDA NASS - Broiler Hatchery Report - 21st December 2005