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Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries, by Months
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul.
1,000 Head
1963 12,183 11,398 13,641 14,424 15,763 14,581 13,438
1968 16,706 15,793 17,659 17,836 18,824 17,550 17,617
1973 19,944 17,434 20,831 21,175 21,699 20,216 19,298
1978 21,742 19,630 22,991 23,365 24,496 23,410 22,380
1983 26,902 24,275 28,239 28,206 28,335 27,445 27,197
1988 30,033 27,211 30,116 29,546 30,272 29,748 29,951
1989 30,917 28,019 32,069 32,256 33,729 32,862 32,946
1990 31,958 29,746 33,977 35,073 36,123 36,020 35,846
1991 37,615 33,432 38,209 37,649 39,316 38,652 38,320
1992 40,202 37,167 39,899 39,713 41,510 40,842 41,887
1993 42,645 38,806 44,826 43,714 46,261 46,058 46,718
1994 49,204 43,932 50,869 50,611 54,036 53,341 53,208
1995 55,842 49,284 54,678 53,652 56,022 54,213 55,043
1996 56,472 52,653 55,847 56,207 59,292 57,826 58,397
1997 61,954 55,756 63,943 62,728 65,266 62,375 62,892
1998 62,878 57,204 64,959 63,460 65,139 63,174 64,000
Year Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1,000 Head
1963 13,090 11,512 13,108 13,943 13,904 160,985
1968 17,497 15,599 16,242 16,127 16,433 203,883
1973 20,078 18,416 18,680 19,113 19,878 236,762
1978 21,450 20,533 20,954 20,072 22,030 263,053
1983 25,321 24,275 24,174 23,457 25,934 313,760
1988 30,495 29,163 28,985 27,677 31,064 354,261
1989 32,591 31,597 30,572 29,766 33,181 380,505
1990 35,370 33,194 33,058 30,974 37,473 408,812
1991 28,231 37,503 37,332 36,413 39,955 452,627
1992 41,635 41,080 40,528 37,955 42,883 485,301
1993 45,720 44,620 44,482 43,806 47,956 535,612
1994 53,413 52,506 52,310 49,476 55,408 618,314
1995 54,368 52,411 52,641 50,646 56,853 645,653
1996 58,548 57,065 57,890 54,273 61,145 685,615
1997 60,829 59,411 61,095 57,879 62,068 736,196
1998 63,382 62,095

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