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Egg sets, chick placements inch up
Story Date: 1/17/2013
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 1/17/13
Commercial hatcheries set 197 million eggs in incubators during the week ended Jan. 12, up 2 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 165 million chicks for meat production during the week ended Jan. 12, up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from December 30, 2012, through Jan. 12, 2013, were 328 million, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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