Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 2 Percent
Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 221 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending February 11, 2017, up 2 percent from a
year ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 212 million eggs in
incubators during the week ending February 11, 2017, up 2 percent from the
year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the
United States was 83 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 Up 1 Percent
Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 179 million
chicks for meat production during the week ending February 11, 2017, up 1
percent from a year ago. Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program
placed
172 million chicks for meat production during the week ending February 11,
2017, up 1 percent from the year earlier. Cumulative placements from the
week ending January 7, 2017 through February 11, 2017 for the United States
were
1.07 billion. Cumulative placements were up 1 percent from the same period a
year earlier.
Broiler-Type Eggs Set – 19 Selected States and United States: 2017
