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Egg sets up, chick placements down
Story Date: 12/13/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 12/13/12
Commercial hatcheries set 190 million eggs in incubators during the week ended Dec. 8, down 2 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 85 percent.
Broiler growersplaced 163 million chicks for meat production during the week, up slightly from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements through Dec. 8 were 7.92 billion, down 2 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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