ga-broilers
WEEKLY HATCHERY REPORT                                    Media Contact:       
Released:  September 16, 2009             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 DOWN 1 PERCENT
                             BROILER EGGS SET UP SLIGHTLY

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending September 12, 2009 was 
26.9 million, down 1 percent from the previous week and down 1 percent from the comparable 
week last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office.

An estimated 31.0 million broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, down 2 percent 
from the previous week and up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier. 
Broiler-type chicks hatched during the week totaled 26.6 million, down 1 percent from the 
previous week and down 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.  Average 
hatchability for chicks hatched in Georgia was 84 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   2008    2009    ago     2008     2009   ago      2008    2009   2008     2009    ago
         Thousands               Thousands                Thousands      Thousands
Aug  8  33,473  31,309   94     27,882  26,707   96       +451    +275  27,630  26,391    96
Aug 15  32,822  31,811   97     27,487  25,371   92       +720  +1,542  27,560  26,252    95
Aug 22  32,909  31,587   96     27,267  26,232   96     +1,109    +883  27,703  26,504    96
Aug 29  32,860  31,708   96     27,574  25,921*  94       +527     -84* 27,317  25,202    92		
Sep  5  32,439  31,504*  97     27,171  26,737*  98       +212    +957* 26,821  27,066*  101*	
Sep 12  30,895  30,969  100     27,107  26,597   98       +604    +943  27,100  26,914    99		
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1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks.  *Revised

Average hatchability for chicks hatched in the 19 selected States during the week
was 84 percent.  Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched
during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.