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 215 million eggs in incubators during
the week ending January 21, 2006. 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 1 Percent
Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 174 million chicks for meat production
during the week ending January 21, 2006. Placements were up 1 percent from the comparable week
a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from January 1, 2006 through January 21, 2006 were 522
million, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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Source: USDA NASS - Broiler Hatchery Report - 25th January 2006