Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Down 1 Percent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).Broiler-Type Eggs Set In 19 Selected States Down 1 Percent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-State weekly program set 212 million eggs in incubators during
the week ending May 6, 2006. This was down 1 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week
a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent. Average
hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks
earlier.
Broiler Chicks Placed Down 2 Percent
Broiler growers in the 19-State weekly program placed 176 million chicks for meat production
during the week ending May 6, 2006. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week
a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from January 1, 2006 through May 6, 2006 were 3.15 billion,
down 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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