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Egg sets, chick placements down a touch
Story Date: 4/26/2013
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Source: MEATINGPLACE, 4/25/13
Commercial hatcheries set 199 million eggs in incubators during the week ended April 20, down slightly from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent.
Broiler growers placed 164 million chicks for meat production during the week, down 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from Dec. 30, 2012, through April 20, 2013, were 2.62 billion, up slightly from the same period a year earlier.
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