Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the 19 State Total Up Slightly
Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 199 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending March 9, 2013. This was up slightly 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-Type Chicks Placed in the 19 State Total Up 1 Percent
Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 165 million chicks for
meat production during the week ending March 9, 2013. Placements were up 1
percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from
December 30, 2012 through March 9, 2013 for the 19 State total were 1.63
billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Source: USDA