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Egg sets, chick placements nudge up
Story Date: 9/27/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 9/27/12
Commercial hatcheries set 189 million eggs in incubators during the week ended Sept, 22., up 1 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent.
Broiler growers placed 159 million chicks for meat production during the week, up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from Jan. 1 through Sept. 22 were 6.22 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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