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Egg sets, chick placements down and down
Story Date: 3/15/2012
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Source: MEATINGPLACE, 3/15/12
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 198 million eggs in incubators during the week ended March 10, down 5 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent.
Broiler growers in the program placed 163 million chicks for meat production during the same week, down 5 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements through March 10 were 1.62 billion, down 4 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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