ga-broilers WEEKLY HATCHERY REPORT Media Contact: Released: January 24, 2007 3:00 P.M. Douglas G. Kleweno E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Director Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga 706-546-2236 BROILERS PLACED IN GEORGIA UP 3 PERCENT BROILER EGGS SET DOWN 1 PERCENT Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending January 20, 2007 was 28.9 million, up 2 percent from the previous week and up 3 percent from the comparable week last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. An estimated 34.5 million broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, down 3 percent from the previous week and down 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Broiler-type chicks hatched during the week totaled 29.1 million, up 1 percent from the previous week and up 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched in Georgia was 83 percent. GEORGIA BROILER TYPE EGGS SET, CHICKS HATCHED, AND CHICKS PLACED Net Cross State Eggs Set 1/ Chicks Hatched Movement of Chicks Chicks Placed % of % of % of Week year year year Ended 2005 2006 ago 2005 2006 ago 2005 2006 2005 2006 ago Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Dec 16 34,470 35,793* 104* 28,399 29,074 102 -218 -71 27,601 28,590 104 Dec 23 33,881 35,040 103 27,812 29,480 106 -147 +135 27,293 29,081 107 Dec 30 34,522 35,205 102 27,660 28,019 101 -570 +258 26,660 27,970 105 Jan 6 34,046 35,155 103 28,009 29,135 104 -135 330 27,421 28,975 106 Jan 13 33,848 35,446 105 27,828 28,685 103 -46 -12 27,302 28,063 103 Jan 20 35,051 34,538 99 28,070 29,050 103 +401 +296 27,998 28,896 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. * Revised. Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 : Jan 20 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 30,483 30,370 30,510 30,385 30,435 29,394 AR : 29,789 29,386 29,531 29,212 29,400 29,476 DE : 3,913 3,572 3,971 3,998 3,807 3,974 FL : 1,353 1,322 *1,362 1,344 1,341 1,343 GA : 35,793 35,040 35,205 35,155 35,446 34,538 KY : 7,522 *7,480 7,406 7,817 *7,827 7,807 LA : 3,742 3,742 3,649 3,680 3,680 3,664 MD : 8,531 8,498 8,531 8,781 8,716 8,403 MS : 17,960 18,374 18,439 17,683 18,116 18,363 NC : 19,082 18,835 *18,334 18,679 *18,559 18,702 OK : 6,177 6,483 6,386 6,553 6,567 6,527 PA : 4,002 3,862 3,926 3,849 *3,852 3,878 SC : 5,530 5,230 5,610 5,550 5,516 5,440 TX : 14,141 14,114 14,243 14,208 *14,410 14,090 VA : 6,286 6,164 6,238 6,176 *6,168 6,121 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,883 *17,151 18,075 *17,452 *17,112 17,281 : 19 State Total : 212,187 *209,623 *211,416 *210,522 *210,952 209,001 : Previous Year Total : 215,686 212,232 214,172 213,256 213,689 215,404 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 98 99 99 99 99 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Dec 16 : Dec 23 : Dec 30 : Jan 6 : Jan 13 : Jan 20 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2007 : 2007 : 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 20,225 21,090 20,541 20,377 *20,353 20,863 AR : 23,904 23,869 22,870 23,302 22,355 24,090 DE : 4,366 4,914 4,385 4,933 4,454 4,968 FL : 1,685 1,517 1,401 1,537 1,353 1,441 GA : 28,590 29,081 27,970 *28,854 *28,431 28,896 KY : 5,922 6,340 5,369 6,070 *6,342 6,369 LA : 3,606 3,816 3,421 3,619 3,686 3,557 MD : 6,675 5,944 6,548 5,752 *6,333 5,991 MS : 16,075 15,238 15,312 16,078 16,185 16,317 NC : 15,454 15,445 15,301 15,944 15,416 15,111 OK : 4,180 4,754 5,288 4,799 5,941 4,379 PA : 2,949 2,890 2,730 3,007 *2,839 2,919 SC : 4,521 4,561 4,475 4,673 5,034 4,828 TX : 12,087 12,054 11,791 *11,915 *11,897 12,016 VA : 5,186 5,275 4,407 5,012 *4,690 4,871 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 17,100 16,655 16,606 *17,038 *15,781 16,236 : 19 State Total : 172,525 173,443 168,415 *172,910 *171,090 172,852 : Previous Year Total : 175,810 174,733 173,580 175,059 172,920 174,210 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 98 99 97 99 99 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 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. Find agricultural statistics for your county, State, and the Nation at www.usda.gov/nass/.