Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 11/14/13


Commercial hatcheries set 190 million eggs in incubators during the week ended Nov. 9, 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 153 million chicks for meat production during the week ended Nov. 9, up 3 percent from the comparable week a year earlier.

Cumulative placements from Dec. 30, 2012, were 7.38 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.

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