Broiler-type chicks hatched during October 2017 totaled 794 million, up 2 percent from October 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 650 million on November 1, 2017, up 3 percent from a year ago.

United States egg production totaled 8.83 billion during October 2017, down slightly from last year. Production included 7.67 billion table eggs, and 1.16 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.08 billion were broiler-type and 73.0 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during October 2017 totaled 374 million, up 1 percent from last year.

October egg production per 100 layers was 2,359 eggs, down 1 percent from October 2016.Leading breeders placed 7.59 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during October 2017, up 10 percent from October 2016, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Chicken and Eggs report.

Total frozen poultry supplies on October 31, 2017 were down 4 percent from the previous month but up 12 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were up 6 percent from the previous month and up 12 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were down 20 percent from last month but up 14 percent from October 31, 2016, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Cold Storage report.