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Chick placements, egg sets toe the line
Story Date: 8/9/2012
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Source: MEATINGPLACE, 8/9/12
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 195 million eggs in incubators during the week ended Aug. 4, up slightly 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 164 million chicks for meat production during the week, down slightly from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from Jan. 1 through Aug. 4 were 5.09 billion, down 3 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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