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Weekly broiler egg sets still climbing
Story Date: 8/30/2013
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Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 8/29/13
Commercial hatcheries in the 19-state USDA weekly program set 201 million eggs in incubators during the week ending Aug. 24, 2013, up 5 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier.
Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler growers in the program placed 164 million chicks for meat production during the week ending Aug. 24, up 1 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.
Cumulative placements from Dec. 30, 2012 through Aug. 24, 2013 totaled 5.61 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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