GEORGIA WEEKLY HATCHERY
USDA, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE Washington, DC 20250
Ag Statistics Hotline: 1-800-727-9540 www.usda.gov/nass/ Georgia Field Office
355 East Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601
Cooperating with the Georgia Department of Agriculture
Athens, GA January 4, 2007
Media Contact: Douglas G. Kleweno, 706-546-2236 nass-ga@nass.usda.gov
BROILERS PLACED IN GEORGIA UP 5 PERCENT BROILER EGGS SET UP 2 PERCENT
Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending December 30 was 28.0 million, down 4 percent from the previous week, but up 5 percent from the comparable week last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office.
An estimated 35.2 million broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, up 2 percent from the previous week and up 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Broiler-type chicks hatched during the week totaled 28.0 million, down 5 percent from the previous week, but up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched in Georgia was 81 percent.
GEORGIA BROILER TYPE EGGS SET, CHICKS HATCHED, AND CHICKS PLACED
Eggs Set1/
Chicks Hatched
Net Cross State Movement of Chicks
Chicks Placed
Week
% of
% of
% of
Ended 2005 2006 year ago 2005 2006 year ago 2005 2006 2005 2006 year ago
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Nov 25 34,393 35,216 102 26,699 26,450 99 -134 +602 26,195 26,483 101
Dec 2 33,839 35,793 * 106 * 26,664 27,714 104 +711 -299 26,756 26,515 99
Dec 9 33,390 34,499 * 103 27,380 28,520 104 -234 +345 26,557 28,138 106
Dec 16 34,470 35,819 104 28,399 29,074 102 -218 -71 27,601 28,590 104
Dec 23 33,881 34,664 * 102 * 27,812 29,480 * 106 * -147 +120 * 27,293 29,066 * 106 *
Dec 30 34,522 35,205 102 27,660 27,996 101 -570 +336 26,660 28,025 105
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. * Revised.
Million Chicks
31.0
BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN GEORGIA BY WEEK, 2005-2006
30.0
29.0
28.0
27.0
26.0 25.0
2005
2006
24.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul
Aug Sep
Oct Nov Dec
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State
AL AR DE FL GA KY LA MD MS NC OK PA SC TX VA CA, MO, TN, & WV
19 State Total
Previous Year Total
Pct. of Prev. Year * Revised
Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States
Week Ending
Nov 25 2006
Dec 2 2006
Dec 9 2006
Dec 16 2006
Thousand
30,220 29,644
3,837 1,336 35,216 7,505 3,712 8,609 18,123 18,540 6,403 4,124 5,384 14,326 6,223 17,985
Thousand
*31,149 *29,786
3,943 1,264 35,793 *7,899 3,712 8,495 17,007 18,825 6,449 4,023 5,574 14,309 6,399 17,606
Thousand
30,593 28,614
3,963 *1,344 *34,499 *6,454
3,712 8,482 17,147 *18,555 6,447 3,901 5,471 14,080 5,959 17,863
Thousand
30,327 29,789
3,913 1,353 35,819 7,465 3,742 8,531 17,960 19,039 6,177 4,002 5,530 14,138 6,075 *17,890
211,187
*212,233
*207,084
*211,750
215,393
214,156
213,249
215,686
98
99
97
98
Dec 23 2006
Thousand
*30,372 *28,933
3,572 1,342 *34,664 *7,263 3,742 *8,498 *18,374 18,688 *6,483 *3,920 *5,230 14,112 *6,164 *17,839
*209,196
212,232
99
Dec 30 2006
Thousand
30,508 29,531
3,963 1,342 35,205 7,310 3,649 8,531 18,439 18,224 6,386 4,053 5,610 14,233 6,238 17,878
211,100
214,172
99
State
AL AR DE FL GA KY LA MD MS NC OK PA SC TX VA CA, MO, TN, & WV
19 State Total
Previous Year Total
Pct. of Prev. Year * Revised
Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States
Week Ending
Nov 25 2006
Dec 2 2006
Dec 9 2006
Dec 16 2006
Thousand
18,602 21,931
5,070 1,439 26,483 5,366 3,768 5,972 15,453 15,437 3,948 2,828 3,966 11,606 4,057 16,268
Thousand
20,721 23,607
4,941 1,194 26,515 5,717 3,445 5,340 15,302 15,586 4,805 2,846 4,998 11,670 5,017 16,374
Thousand
19,686 23,250
5,287 1,484 28,138 6,174 3,635 5,761 15,762 15,496 5,424 2,915 4,578 12,142 4,776 16,980
Thousand
20,225 23,904
4,366 1,685 28,590 5,922 3,606 6,675 16,075 15,454 4,180 2,949 4,521 12,085 5,186 *17,102
162,194
168,078
171,488
*172,525
169,218
171,991
173,392
175,810
96
98
99
98
Dec 23 2006
Thousand
*20,903 *23,869
*4,914 *1,517 *29,066 *6,331 3,816 *5,944 *15,238 15,445 *4,754 *2,982 *4,561 12,052 *5,275 *16,635
*173,302
174,733
99
Dec 30 2006
Thousand
20,412 22,870
4,260 1,401 28,025 5,220 3,420 6,617 15,312 15,442 5,288 2,767 4,475 11,789 4,407 16,594
168,299
173,580
97
Average hatchability for chicks hatched in the 19 selected States during the week was 83 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.