Broiler-type chicks hatched during October 2020 totaled 805 million, a decrease of 1-percent from October 2019. Eggs in incubators totaled 660 million on November 1, 2020, down 3-percent from a year ago. Leading breeders placed 8.07 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during October 2020, up 7-percent from October 2019, based on USDA latest Chickens and Eggs report.
Total layers in the United States on November 1, 2020 totaled 388 million, down 3-percent from last year. The 388 million layers consisted of 324 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 60.5 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.14 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on November 1, 2020, averaged 79.7 eggs per 100 layers, up 1-percent from November 1, 2019.
October 31, 2020 total frozen poultry supplies were down 7-percent from the previous month and down 4-percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were up 3-percent from the previous month but down 4-percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were down 25-percent from last month and down 4-percent from October 31, 2019, according to USDA latest Cold Storage report.
