Hatchery production

March 1963

April 16, 1963


Chicks Hatched

Hatcheries in the United States produced 271, 007, 000 chicks during
March--6 percent less than in March 1962 according to the Crop Reporting
Board. The number of broiler chicks hatched was 199, 806, 000--4 percent
less than in March last year. During the first 3 months of 1963 there were
543, 227, 000 broiler chicks produced--down 2 percent from same period
in 1962. Compared with a year earlier, the number of eggs in incubators
on April 1 indicate that the hatch of broiler chicks in April this year will be
about the same as in April 1962.

The were 71, 201, 000 egg-type chicks hatched in March--10 percent
less than in March last year but about the same number as hatched in March
1960. The number hatched during January through March of this year was
144, 234, 000--down 2 percent from same period last year. The hatch of
egg-type chicks during March this year in the East North Central and West
North Central States was the smallest of record. The number of eggs in
incubators on April 1, compared with a year earlier, indicate that the egg-
type in April this year will be about the same as in April 1962.



Poults Hatched

The number of heavy breed turkey poults hatched by hatcheries in the
United States during March 1963 was larger than in March 1962. The
hatch of light breeds was about the same as in March last year. The hatch
of heavy white breeds was 4, 978, 000, an increase of 21 percent, and
other heavy breeds 10, 867, 000--up 9 percent. The hatch of light breed
poults totaled 744, 000 compared with 745, 000 in March last year. There
were 27, 553, 000 turkey poults hatched during the first three months of 1963.
This was 13 percent more than during these months in 1962. The cumula-
tive hatch of heavy white breeds was 9, 080, 000--up 11 percent, other heavy
breeds up 13 percent, and light breeds up 23 percent. The number of turkey
eggs in incubators on April 1, compared with April 1 last year indicates
that the hatch of heavy white breeds in April will be larger than in April last
year. The hatches of other heavy breeds and light breeds will be smaller.


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service Crop Reporting Board
Pou 1-1 (4-63) Washington, D. C.





Chicks hatched by Commercial hatcheries


I


State Broiler-type : Egg-type
and March : Jan. through March March
division 1962 : 1963 1962 1963 1962 1963
:Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands
Maine 5,372 5,684 15,566 15,780 556 528
N.H. 1,195 954 3,364 3,019 377 337
Vt. 0 4 o 9 57 44
Mass.&R.I. /: 854 985 2,226 2,933 1,422 1,161
Conn. 2,105 1,713 6,107 4,836 1,219 1,133
N.E. 9,526 9,340 27,263 26,577 3,631 3,203
N.Y. 440 190 1,110 565 1,910 1,890
N.J. 265 174 584 496 2,280 1,900
Pa. 4,288 4,174 12,466 11,926 4,471 4,176
M.A. 4,993 4,538 14,160 12,987 8,661 7,966
Ohio 1,020 850 2,920 2,400 3,860 3,350
Ind. : 4,825 3,370 13,150 8,984 4,019 3,534
Ill. : 578 200 1,369 493 4,157 3,419
Mich. 630 480 1,730 1,430 1,760 1,900
Wis. 1,170 950 3,254 2,900 1,662 1,360
E.N.C. 8,223 5,850 22,423 16,207 15,458 13,563
Minn. : 905 1,020 2,870 2,987 5,324 4,430
Iowa : 375 410 940 1,190 6,520 5,420
Mo. 6,813 5,922 18,213 16,571 3,278 2,670
N.Dak. 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 284 300
S.Dak. / / 2/ 2 2,090 1,725
Nebr. 209 215 335 323 3,337 2,850
Kans. : 296 190 833 560 1,928 1,600
W.N.C. 2/8,660 2/7,7 7 2/23,252 2/21,661 22,761 18,995
Del. 7,176 7,462 20,198 20,541 3/ 3/
MN. 11,174 12,725 31,720 34,791 255 297
Va. 7,099 5,801 19,808 15,778 944 1,017
W.Va. 571 335 1,408 931 3/ 3/
N.C. 19,563 19,758 52,453 53,215 1,531 1,488
S.C. 2,229 1,890 5,594 4,972 964 978
Ga. 38,838 35,605 102,966 96,729 2,167 2,957
Fla. 2,212 1,715 5,934 4,497 1,571 1,847
S.A. 8,862 85,291 240,081 231,454 3/7,585 3/8,660
Ky. 555 570 1,310 1,500 560 600
Tenn. 4,030 3,500 10,700 9,950 1,270 1,200
Ala. :21,166 21,711 52,907 56,658 1,115 1,067
Miss. 14,213 13,634 36,200 37,245 1,058 912
E.S.C. 39,994 39,415 101,117 105,353 4,003 3,779
Ark. 22,331 21,600 59,551 58,468 878 1,236
La. : 2,342 2,571 5,825 6,969 306 282
Okla. 913 826 2,492 2,410 914 740
Texas 12,930 12,872 32,370 34,774 3,838 3,393
W.S.C. : 38,516 37,869 100,238 102,621 5,936 5,651
Idaho : 439 428 1,209 1,175 295 306
Colo. 51 37 63 47 493 381
Utah 231 210 499 497 406 310
Mount. :4/ 786 4/ 713 4/ 1,921 4/ 1,840 4/1,729 4/1,454
Wash. 1,563 1,757 3,994 4,273 1,380 1,305
Oreg. 1,459 1,043 3,725 2,873 503 511
Calif. 6,482 6,089 17,043 17,050 6,931 6,022
Pac. 9,504 8,889 24,762 24,196 8,814 7,838
48 States : 209,064 199,692 555,217 542,896 78,578 71,109
Hawaii : 96 114 302 331 125 92
U.S. 209,160 199,806 555,519 543,227 78,703 71,201
/1 Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
2 To avoid disclosing individual operations West North Central total includes North and
South Dakota. 3/ South Atlantic total includes Delaware and West Virginia. 4/ Mountain total
includes Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona.
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Chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries

State Egg-type : Total


Mail
N.H.
Vt.
MasI
Con
N.]
N.Y
N.J
Pa.
M.J
Ohic
Ind
Ill.
Mic
Wis
E.]
Min
Iowl
Mo.
N.Ds
S.D!
Neb:
Kan
W.]
Del
Md.
Va.
W.Vs
N.C
S.C
Ga.
Fla
S.j
Ky.
Ten
Ala
Mis;
E.!
Ark
La.
Okli
Texc
W.I
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Cole
Utal
Mo'
was]
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Cal:
Pa
48
Hawv
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and Jan. th
division : 1962
: Thousands
ne 1,145
S 1,063
143
s.& R.I. /: 3,291
n. 2,740
E. : 8,3b2
S 4,330
4,870
9,338
A. : 1,538
S7,080
7,091
7,063
h. 3,490
S 2,498
N.C. 27,222
. 7,328
a 8,440
4,646
ak. 339
ak. 2,550
r. 4,425
. : 2,456
N.C. 30,1b4

471
1,941
a. 3/
: 3,18
: 2,101
4,754
3,733
A. : 3/16,451
980
n. 2,545
2,311
s. 2,345
S.C. 8,181
1,657
530
a. : 1,466
as : 8,216
S.C. 11,869
ao 560
o. : 809
: 833
unt. : 4/3,380
h. : 3,316
g. : 1,089
if. 18,421
c. : 22,826
S-ates :147,033
ail 313
U.S. : 147,346


Rough Mar. :


:


:


: Jan. through Mar.
: 193 : 1962 : 1963


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I/ Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. 2/ To avoid
disclosing individual operations West North Central total includes North and South Dakota. 3/ South
Atlantic total includes Delaware and West Virginia. 4/ Mountain total includes Montana, Wyoming,
New Mexico, and Arizona.


1963
Thousands
1,225
959
124
2,818
2,896
8,022
4,490
4,050
9,831
18,371
6,800
6,804
6,096
3,750
2,310
25,760
6,260
7,390
3,987
334
2,240
3,888
2,265
26,364

541
2,150

3,623
2,104
6,801
4,747
3/20,125
1, 084
2,600
2,411
2,251
8,346
3,263
609
1,339
7,301
12,512
567
699
668
42,817
3,090
1,057
17,477
21,624
143,941
293
144,234


~


~


Average 1957-61
Thousands
5,603
1,887
81
3,348
4,748
15,668
2,939
4,672
10,249
17,861
6,770
11,625
7,992
2,860
4,492
33,739
9,555
11,299
10,483


4,455
3,166
2/42,573
3/
9,800
8,405
3/
15,068
2,530
32,364
3,026
3/79,079
2,131
4,934
14,519
10,151
31,735
14,564
2,237
2,006
14,354
33,161
835
717
631
6/2,942
2,731
2,196
11,125
16,052
272,810
187
272,997


I


I


March
: 1962
Thousands
5,928-
1,572
57
2,276
3,324
13,157
2,350
2,545
8,759
13,654
4,8o80
8,844
4,735
2,390
2,832
23,681
6,232
6,895
10,091
2/
2/
3,54*'
2,224
2/31,421
3/
1l,429
8,043

21,09e4
3,193
41,005
3,783
3/96,447
1,145
5,300
22,281
15,271
43,997
23,209
2,648
1,827
16,768
---W,-175-
44,452
734
544
637
-42,515
2,943
1,962
13,413
18,318
287,642
221
287,863


i


Thousands
6,212
1,291
48
2,146
2,846
12,543
2,080
2,074
8,350
12,504
4,200
6,904
3,619
2,380
2,310
19,413
5,450
5,830
8,592

2/
3,065
1,790
2/26,782
3/
13,019
6,818
3/
21,246
2,868
38,562
3,562
3/93,951
1,170
4,700
22,778
14,546
43,194
22,836
2,853
1,566
16,265
43,520
734
418
520
4/2,167
3,062
1,554
12,111
16,727


270,801
206
271,007


I


SThousands Thousands
16,711 17,005
4,427 3,978
143 133
5,517 5,751
8,847 7,732
35,645 34,599
5,440 5,055
5,454 4,546
21,804 21,757
32,698 31,358
10,000 9,200
20,241 15,788
8,432 6,589
5,220 5,180
5,752 5,210
49,645 41,967
10,198 9,247
9,380 8,580
22,859 20,558
2 2/
4,765 4,21
3,289 2,825
2/53,436 2/48,025
3/ 3/
32,191 35,332
21,749 17,928
3/ 3/
55,631F 56,835
7,695 7,076
107,720 103,530
9,667 9,244
3/256,532 3/251,579
2,290 2,584
13,245 12,550
55,218 59,069
38,545 39,496
109,298 113,699
61,208 61,731
6,355 7,578
3,958 3,749
40,586 42,075
112,107 115,133
1,769 1,742
872 746
1,332 1,165
4/5,301 4/4,657
7,310 7,363
4,814 3,930
35,464 34,527
47,588 45,820
702,250 686,837
615 624
702,865 687,461




Baby chicks and turkey poults: Average prices paid to commercial hatcheries, March 1, 1963

Stt : Baby chicks, per 100 :Turkey poults, each
and Broiler : Egg-type pullets : Heavy breeds Light
adi on: breeds : Pure :Incross breeds: W e : r br
vson: straight run : breeds : (hybrids) : wt : :er r
: Dol. Dol. Dol. Ct. Ct. Ct.


Maine : / 12.5 32.0 --- ---
N.H. : 12.5 33.0 40.0 80 -
Vt. : 13.5 32.0 -
Mass. : 12.5 35.0 42.0 80 -
R.I. : 12.5 32.5- --- ---
Conn. : 1/ 12.0 32.0 42.0 72 --- 65
N.E. : 12. 33.3 41.6 79.2 --- ---
N.Y. : 11.5 37.5 53.0 --- ---
N.J. : 14.0 36.0 47.5 85 90 ---
Pa. : / 13.0 37.0 48.5 1/ 70 1/85 1/ 50
M.A. : 13.0 37.0 4.8 71.3 85-1 ---
Ohio : 12.0 40.0 55.0 67 66 48
Ind. : / 12.5 36.0 54.0 66 72 ---
Ill. : / 15.5 38.5 54.0 70 70 55
Mich. : 13.5 37.0 51.0 65 65 50
Wis. : 12.5 37.5 52.0 52 ------
E.N.C. : 12.6 38.1 53.3 60.8 67.6 49.2
Minn. : 11.5 39.0 50.0 1/ 54 1/ 60 1/ 42
Iowa : 10.5 40.0 56.0 / 62 1/ 64 -/ 40
Mo. : / 9.5 27.0 55.0 / 67 1/ 67 1 45
N.Dak. : 17.5 32.5 48.0 73 66 ---
S.Dak. : 17.5 36.0 51.0 51 62 ---
Nebr. : 17.0 34.5 52.0 67 67 ---
Kans. : 9.0 36.0 54.0 65 67 ---
W.N.C. : 9.0 37.5 51.1 57.0 62.5 42.2
Del. : / 12.0 --- --- --- --- ---
M. : 1/ 11.9 40.0 56.0 --- --- ---
Va. / : 11.0 42.0 56.0 69 -- 43
W.Va. 11.5 -- -
N.c. / 10.9 32.5 51.5 65 60 45
S.C. 1/ : 11.0 34.5 --- 75 65 ---
Ga. : / 10.8 33.0 55.0 65 65 ---
Fla. / 11.0 39.0 48.0 --- 65 45
S.A. : 10.3 36.0 53.6 68.2 61.8 43.5
Ky. : 10.5 35.0 50.0 --- --- ---
Tenn. : 11.0 33.5 44.0 --- ---
Ala. : 1/ 10.2 34.5 40.0 -- -
Miss. : / 10.0 31.0 46.0 --- --- ---
E.S.C. : 10.2 33.1 44.4 --- --- --
Ark. : 9.5 37.0 46.0 65 62 50
La. : 11.5 35.0 --- --- --- ---
Okla. : 12.0 30.5 51.0 --- 60 ---
Texas : / 10.0 30.5 52.0 1/ 57 1/ 57--
W.S.C. : 9.8 33.1 50.7 58.3 59.4 ---
Mont. : 19.0 41.0 4.0 --- --- ---
Idaho : 12.5 41.5 56.0 65 65 50
Colo. : 16.0 39.0 55.0 64 60 ---
Ariz. 18.0 44.0 44.5 --- --- ---
Utah : 11.5 36.0 50.0 --- --- ---
Mount. : 12.9 39.5 49.5 64.6 61.3 ---
Wash. 1/: 12.5 39.5 41.5 --- 55 ---
Oreg. y/: 13.0 36.5 41.0 65 58 40
calif./: 12.5 33.0 45.0 55 52 ---
Hawaii 23.5 49.5 --- --- -----
Pac. : 13.0 35.8 44.0 55.7 53.0 ---
U.S. : 10.9 36.4 50.5 59.3 60.3 44.3
1/ As of the 15th of the month. -4




Chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries United States 1/


:By months Cumulative
Month : Change frcm: : Change from
1962 1963 : last year : 1962 1963 last year


Broiler-type
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Egg-type
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
SE7pt .-m- r
October
November
December

Total chicks
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December


Thou.

177,386
168,973
209,160
208,269
210,002
192,476
185,702
173,400
160,829
168,927
170,725
171,427


28,339
40,304
78,703
96,696
83,567
38,920
24,437
21,879
21,739
24,577
21,795
21,017


205,725
209,277
287,863
304,965
293,569
231,396
210,139
195,279
182,568
193,504
192,520
192,444


Thou.

174,990
168,431
199,806


31,302
41,731
71,201


206,292
210,162
271,007


Percent

1

4


+ 10
+ 4
- 10


--


Thou.


177,386
346,359
555,519
763,788
973,790
1,166,266
1,351,968
1,525,368
1,686,197
1,855,124
2,025,849
2,197,276


28,339
68,643
147,346
244,042
327,609
366,529
390,966
412,845
434,584
459,161
480,956
501,973


205,725
415,002
702,865
1,007,830
1,301,399
1,532,795
1,742,934
1,938,213
2,120,781
2,314,285
2,506,805
2,699,249


Thou.

174,990
343,421
543,227


31,302
73,033
144,234


206,292
416,454
687,461


Thou. Percent


- 2,396
- 2,938
-12,292


1
- 1
- 2


+ 2,963
+ 4,390
- 3,112


+ 567
+ 1,452
-15,404


-2
---
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1/ Includes Hawaii.


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Chicken eggs in incubators April 1, 1963


Geographic : Percent change from April 1, 1962
divisions Broiler-type : Egg-type Total eggs

New E :land : + 4 4 + 4
Middle Atlantic 2 7 5
East North Central 19 4 8
Hest North Central : 10 3 1
South Atlantic : 1 + 16 + 2
East South Central + 5 + 2 5
Guest South Central : + 2 + 12 + 3
Mountain : + 5 2 + 3
Pacific 3 10 6
48 States : + 1- 1 ---
United States 1/ : + 1 1 ---

1/ Includes Hawaii.

Poults hatched and turkey eggs in incubators

: hite : Other : Total : Light
Geographic :heavy breeds 1/:heavy breeds 1/:heavy breeds 1/: breeds I/
divisions :1962 1963 1962 1963 1962 1963 1962 1963

SThou. Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou.
Poults hatched
during March

New England 38 38 5 1 43 39 1 0
Middle Atlantic 72 39 108 111 180 150 18 2
East North Central : 762 1,044 860 911 1,622 1,955 91 89
West North Central : 1,596 1,903 3,957 4,305 5,553 6,208 305 250
South Atlantic 354 468 359 537 713 1,005 238 298
South Central 361 462 1,198 1,324 1,559 1,786 29 42
West 926 1,024 3,470 3,678 4,396 4,702 63 63

United States : 4,109 4,978 9,957 10,867 14,066 15,845 745 744

Tui.i; eggs in
incubators
April 1

--England : 189 203 35 3 224 206 5 6
Middle Atlantic 156 107 400 366 556 473 36 10
East U c:!- Central :1,698 2,347 2,237 2,186 3,935 4,533 245 176
Test North Central :3,770 3,652 8,047 7,349 11,817 11,001 438 431
South Atlantic 820 1,091 1,024 1,129 1,844 2,220 4199 525
South Central 700 928 3,446 2,800 4,146 3,728 84 133
West : 1,692 1,395 7,205 6,917 8,897 8,312 126 44

i..ited States : 9,025 9,723 22,394 20,750 31,419 30,473 1,433 1,325


1/ See footnote on


pace 8.


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Poults hatched commercial hatcheries United States


: By months :Cumulative
Month 192 : :Change from: 62 1963 : Change from
: : : last year : : last year


:Thou. Thou. Pet. Thou. Thou. Thou. Pet.
Heavy white
breeds 1/
January : 2,012 1,508 25 2,012 1,508 504 25
February : 2,091 2,594 + .24 4,103 4,102 1 --
March : 4,109 4,978 + 21 8,212 9,080 + 868 + 11
April 5,329 13,541
May : 6,324 19,865
June : 4,721 24,586
July : 2,874 27,460
August : 1,547 29,007
September : 968 29,975
October 882 30,857
November 864 31,721
December :1,046 32,767

Other heavy
breeds I/
January : 1,169 1,210 + 4 1,169 1,210 + 41 + 4
February : 3,491 14,402 + 26 4,660 5,612 + 952 + 20
March :9,957 10,867 + 9 11,617 16,479 +1,862 + 13
April :14,126 28,743
May : 14,455 43,198
June : 8,995 52,193
July : 3,143 55,336
August 353 55,689
September : 110 55,799
October : 136 55,935
November 168 56,103
December : 406 56, 5

Total all
heavy breeds 1/:
January : 3,181 2,718 15 3,181 2,718 463 15
February : 5,582 6,996 + 25 8,763 9,714 + 951 + 11
March :114,066 15,845 + 13 22,829 25,559 +2,730 + 12
April :19,455 42,284
May :20,779 63,063
June :13,716 76,779
July : 6,017 82,796
August : 1,900 84,696
September : 1,078 85,774
October : ,018 86,792
November : 1,032 87,824
December 1,452 89,276


See footnotes page 8.


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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

OFFICIAL BUSINESS


Fult .2 -iatrr~erI U C tibie '.' ~u h'~tcIierie


POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

IIB I IIIIII I U Ill lIlH I IGH II IIIIII IIIHI IIl
3 1262 08905 2681


Fred R. Tarver. Jr.
Univ. of Florida
11-27-57 Dept. of Poultry Husb.
ML-Ha Gainesville. Fla.


- United State-


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i''th : .. : : i -.i', fr': .' Change from
: 1903 !l-t ,' '.' last .easr
: '1-i. T"IIh U. F.:t 'rFi u. '-..u. T -h.u. Pet.
Li;ht I A&c .i /-
J'iurua y : ",57R '-,1"1 + ':: : 7 51,:'C + 2.3 + 69
...4 +4 2
Febr:uat,- : 22 '+I + 2I' 8li 1 ;'- + -4' + 72
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1Ib, Jese Buff, -. Palm and iltr ,
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1-/ Heavy white breeds include heavy white-feathered breeds, such as Broad white,
white Holland, Empire white, Lancaster, and crosses with light white breeds.
All other heavy breeds are reported under "other". Light breeds include Belts-
ville, Jersey Buff, Royal Palm and wild turkeys.


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