US poultry production Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report

US poultry production Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report

Broiler-type eggs set down seven per cent

Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly programme set 186 million eggs in incubators during the week ending 8 October 2011. This was down seven per cent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.

Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 per cent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler-type chicks placed down eight per cent

Broiler growers in the 19-state weekly programme placed 150 million chicks for meat production during the week ending 8 October 2011. Placements were down eight per cent from the comparable week a year earlier.

Cumulative placements from 2 January 2011 to 8 October 2011 were 6.70 billion, down two per cent from the same period a year earlier.

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