December egg production up one per cent

Production included 6.83 billion table eggs, and 1.07 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.00 billion were broiler-type and 67 million were egg-type. The total number of layers during December 2010 averaged 341 million, up 1 per cent from last year. December egg production per 100 layers was 2,313 eggs, up slightly from December 2009.

All layers in the United States on 1 January 2011 totaled 343 million, up 1 per cent from last year. The 343 million layers consisted of 285 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 54.5 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.82 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on 1 January 2011, averaged 74.2 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 per cent from 1 January 2010.

Egg-type chicks hatched down four per cent

Egg-type chicks hatched during December 2010 totaled 37.9 million, down 4 per cent from December 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 38.7 million on 1 January 2011, down 1 per cent from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 264 thousand during December 2010, down 15 per cent from December 2009.

Broiler-type chicks hatched up one per cent

Broiler-type chicks hatched during December 2010 totaled 786 million, up 1 per cent from December 2009. Eggs in incubators totaled 635 million on 1 January 2011, up slightly from a year earlier.

Leading breeders placed 6.50 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during December 2010, down 2 per cent from December 2009.

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