USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) monthly Chickens and Eggs report, released on July 23, 2024, indicated that broiler-type chickens hatched during June 2024 totaled 883 million, up slightly from last year.
Eggs in incubators since July 1, 2024, totaled 736 million, up two percent from a year ago. Additionally, leading breeders placed 9.78 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks in June 2023, which was an increase of one percent as compared to June 2023.
In total, June egg production across the poultry industry was down two percent. Production totaled 8.81 billion during June 2024, including 7.56 billion table eggs, and 1.25 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.15 billion were broiler-type and 96.7 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during June 2024 totaled 371 million, down 3 percent from last year. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,377 eggs, up 1 percent from June 2023.
Total layers in the United States on July 1, 2024, totaled 370 million, down 3 percent from last year. The 370 million layers consisted of 305 million layers producing table or market-type eggs, 61.2 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.79 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. The rate of lay per day on July 1, 2024, averaged 79.1 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from July 1, 2023.
The full Chickens & Eggs report from which this information was derived can be found here.
