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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 April 6, 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 Slightly

Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 165 million chicks for meat production during the week ending April 6, 2013. Placements were up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from December 30, 2012 through April 6, 2013 for the 19 State total were 2.29 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Source: USDA


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