Broiler Hatchery ISSN: 1949-1840 Released February 17, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Down 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 238 million eggs in incubators during the week ending February 13, 2021, down 1 percent from a year ago. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 80.9 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Down 2 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 186 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 13, 2021, down 2 percent from a year ago. Cumulative placements from the week ending January 9, 2021 through February 13, 2021 for the United States were 1.12 billion. Cumulative placements were down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier. Broiler-Type Eggs Set - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 9, : January 16, : January 23, : January 30, : February 6, :February 13, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 eggs : Alabama ......................: 33,144 33,559 33,306 33,396 33,721 33,614 Arkansas .....................: 24,319 23,819 24,405 24,246 24,475 24,620 Delaware .....................: 4,669 5,668 5,042 4,948 4,669 4,669 Florida ......................: 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 1,209 Georgia ......................: 34,414 32,751 33,008 33,728 34,778 34,100 Kentucky .....................: 7,534 8,025 8,003 7,685 8,158 8,155 Louisiana ....................: 2,987 3,516 3,562 3,516 3,562 3,562 Maryland .....................: 7,637 7,640 7,635 7,380 7,807 7,773 Mississippi ..................: 17,222 16,789 17,223 17,804 18,111 18,096 Missouri .....................: 9,165 9,149 9,244 9,244 9,210 9,227 : North Carolina ...............: 23,937 24,361 24,763 24,055 23,943 24,515 Oklahoma .....................: 7,058 7,183 7,072 6,944 7,319 7,166 Pennsylvania .................: 6,318 6,319 6,319 6,167 6,296 6,354 South Carolina ...............: 5,618 5,914 5,878 5,872 5,899 5,660 Texas ........................: 17,728 18,224 17,505 18,213 17,517 17,349 Virginia .....................: 6,432 6,505 6,462 6,313 6,300 6,504 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 13,068 13,039 13,227 13,457 13,259 13,230 : Other States .................: 11,846 12,225 11,390 11,044 10,744 11,844 : United States ................: 234,305 235,895 235,253 235,221 236,977 237,647 Percent of previous year .....: 99 99 99 98 99 99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Broiler-Type Chicks Placed - Selected States and United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending State :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January 9, : January 16, : January 23, : January 30, : February 6, :February 13, : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 chicks : Alabama ......................: 23,720 24,340 24,910 24,239 24,698 23,542 Arkansas .....................: 20,689 22,087 21,845 22,283 21,698 22,101 Delaware .....................: 4,393 4,786 4,397 4,306 4,138 5,113 Florida ......................: 1,297 1,309 1,321 1,367 1,382 1,305 Georgia ......................: 26,809 26,418 25,869 26,050 24,942 25,120 Kentucky .....................: 5,710 6,345 5,740 6,586 5,497 6,165 Louisiana ....................: 3,125 3,002 3,015 2,575 2,979 3,018 Maryland .....................: 5,789 4,614 4,880 5,542 6,497 5,139 Mississippi ..................: 15,149 15,140 15,096 14,464 14,094 14,412 Missouri .....................: 6,542 6,763 6,480 5,925 5,350 5,171 : North Carolina ...............: 19,717 19,311 19,699 19,140 19,787 19,816 Oklahoma .....................: 4,273 3,206 3,744 3,587 4,321 4,705 Pennsylvania .................: 4,785 4,760 4,750 4,828 4,771 4,813 South Carolina ...............: 5,403 4,938 4,996 5,474 5,272 5,851 Texas ........................: 14,896 14,680 14,572 14,321 14,669 14,017 Virginia .....................: 5,489 6,118 6,523 5,731 5,783 5,367 California, Tennessee, : and West Virginia ...........: 11,815 11,522 11,323 10,681 11,622 11,708 : Other States .................: 9,621 8,983 8,787 8,947 9,597 8,894 : United States ................: 189,222 188,322 187,947 186,046 187,097 186,257 Percent of previous year .....: 100 99 98 98 98 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Data for broiler hatchery estimates are collected weekly from all broiler-type hatcheries that hatch at least one million chicks a year. Individual NASS regional field offices maintain a list of all known hatcheries and update their lists on a continual basis. All hatcheries that meet the minimum size criteria are given adequate time to respond to the weekly survey. Those that do not respond are contacted by telephone. The weekly United States total for chicks placed includes states receiving greater than 500,000 chicks annually for grow-out. Estimating Procedures: All data are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. NASS regional field offices prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late or corrected data. Revisions made to the previous five-week's data during the current week are published in this report. Final estimates are published in the annual Hatchery Production Summary released in April. Reliability: Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ..................................... (202) 692-0069 Vacant, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ..................... (202) 690-3223 Holly Brenize - Poultry Slaughter......................................... (202) 720-0585 Alissa Cowell-Mytar - Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .. (202) 720-4751 Liana Cuffman - Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........... (202) 720-8784 Fatema Haque - Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ........................... (202) 720-3244 Derron Martin - Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products............................ (202) 690-3237 Adam Peters - Honey, Honey Bee Colonies .................................. (202) 690-4870 Autumn Stone - Layers, Eggs .............................................. (202) 690-3676 Takiyah Walker - Broiler Hatchery......................................... 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