ga-broilers
WEEKLY HATCHERY REPORT                                    Media Contact:       
Released:  October 28, 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 8 PERCENT
                           BROILER EGGS SET DOWN 2 PERCENT

Placement of broiler chicks in Georgia during the week ending October 24, 2009 was 
22.5 million, down 15 percent from the previous week and down 8 percent from the comparable 
week last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office.

An estimated 29.2 million broiler type eggs were set by Georgia hatcheries, up slightly 
from the previous week, but down 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. 
Broiler-type chicks hatched during the week totaled 22.7 million, down 13 percent from the 
previous week and down 8 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   2008    2009    ago     2008     2009   ago      2008    2009   2008     2009    ago
         Thousands               Thousands                Thousands      Thousands
Sep 12  30,895  30,922  100     27,107  26,598   98       +604    +886  27,100  26,849    99
Sep 19  31,070  29,307   94     26,923  26,728   99       +509    +436  26,583  26,529   100
Sep 26  32,187  31,291   97     26,786  26,494   99       +448    +634  26,557  26,461   100
Oct  3  29,784  27,336*  92*    25,371  25,768  102      +1130    +884  25,898  25,985   100
Oct 10  30,336  29,935   99     25,809  24,516   95       +943    +857  26,012  24,510    94
Oct 17  28,723  29,084  101     26,937  26,070   97       +212   +1029  26,370  26,509   101
Oct 24  29,691  29,173   98     24,667  22,681   92       +454    +587  24,490  22,529    92
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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.