Broiler Pullet Chick Placements In July 2011 Decrease 3 Percent

On August 26, 2011, in Domestic Market, by Maggie Ernst

Intended U.S. placements of broiler pullet chicks for the hatchery supply flock for July 2011 were 6,444,000, a 3-percent decrease from the 6,675,000 pullet chicks placed in July 2010, according to the “Chickens and Eggs” report issued this week by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The July pullet chicks combined with the previous eight months give a 7-to-15-month cumulative total of 63,934,000 hens in February 2012. The 63,934,000 cumulative potential pullet placements represent a 1-percent increase compared with the number of February 2011.

U.S. Broiler-Type Hatchery Supply Flock
Pullet Chicks Hatched and Cumulative Potential Placements
Pullet Chicks HatchedPotential Placements, Cumulative 7-15 months earlier
200920102011201020112012
–000–-%-*–000–-%-*–000–-%-*–000–-%-*–000–-%-*–000–-%-*
January7,1421026,637936,98910562,8339562,99610064,366102
February7,215967,021977,10710162,0059563,28310263,934101
March6,773966,673997,05810662,1429563,250102
April6,240886,8251097,04410362,6729663,751102
May7,658938,3511097,7219261,9189563,990103
June7,1571007,1281007,21110162,0499664,558104
July6,214966,6751076,4449761,9039664,656104
August7,163937,31310262,3009764,820104
September7,1101037,12810061,6639863,576103
October6,388916,87610861,1799863,506104
November7,3461057,58910361,7909963,875103
December6,6271016,77110262,97810164,283102
Annual Total83,0339784,987102**62,11997**63,879103
Source: Chickens and Eggs NASS/USDA * Comparison with one year earlier. ** Annual Average

Note: All generations of layers which would lay eggs to supply a hatchery are included: parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, pedigree, foundation, and similar. Any pullet chicks used for research purposes, vaccine production, and specific-pathogen-free layers that are in broiler-type hatchery supply flocks are also included in the data.

 



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