Broiler Type Eggs Set In The United States Down Slightly

Mar 28, 2014

Broiler Type Eggs Set in the United States Down Slightly

Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 207 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 22, 2014, down slightly from a y ear ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 199 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 22, 2014, down slightly from the year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 83 percent. A verage hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier

Broiler Type Chicks Placed in the United States Down Slightly

Broiler growers in the United States weekly program placed 170 million chicks f or meat production during the week ending March 22, 2014, down slightly from a year ago. Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 164 million chicks for meat production during the week ending March 22, 2014, down slightly from the year earlier . Cumulative placements from December 29, 2013 through March 22, 2014 for the United States were 2.03 billion. Cumulative placements were up slightly from the same period a year earlier

Source:USDA

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