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Egg sets, chick placements down
Story Date: 11/30/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 11/29/12
Commercial hatcheries set 195 million eggs in incubators during the week ended Nov. 24, down slightly from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent.
Broiler growers placed 151 million chicks for meat production during the week, down 4 percent.
Cumulative placements from Jan. 1 were 7.60 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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