USDA: Broiler Hatchery

Broiler-Type Eggs Set Up 2 Percent

Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 196 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending January 5, 2013. This was up 2 percent from
the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for
chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent. Average hatchability is
calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks
earlier. 

Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Up 1 Percent

Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 164 million chicks for
meat production during the week ending January 5, 2013. Placements were up 1
percent from the comparable week a year earlier.

Source: USDA