Hatchery production

T n cU TS L


OCTOBER 1968
TORY November 15, 1968





Chick Production

Hatcheries produced 254 million chicks during October, an increase of 6 per-
cent from a year earlier, according to the Crop Reporting Board. Broiler-type
chick hatchings totaled 215 million, up 5 percent from October 1967. Broiler-type
chick hatch for January through October 1968 totaled 2,356 million chicks compared
with 2, 332 million for the same period a year earlier. Broiler-type eggs in incubators
on November 1 were 5 percent above November 1, 1967.

Egg-type chicks hatched during October are estimated at 39 million, up 17 per-
cent from a year earlier. All regions showed increases as follows: South Atlantic,
up 61 percent; South Central, up 11 percent; North Central, up 10 percent; North
Atlantic, up 7 percent; and the West, up 5 percent. Hatch of egg-type chicks during
the first 10 months of 1968 totaled 437 million, 9 percent below the comparable
period of a year earlier. Egg-type eggs in incubators on November 1 were 33 percent
above November 1, 1967.



Poult Production

Poult production of all breeds during October totaled 2,236, 000, down 15 percent
from October 1967. Heavy breed poult hatch totaled 1,205, 000 during October, 20
percent below a year earlier. The hatch of light breed poults totaled 1, 031, 000,
down 7 percent from October 1967. The January through October 1968 hatch for all
breeds totaled 109,295, 000 poults or 17 percent below the same period a year earlier.
On November 1 there were 3, 276, 000 turkey eggs in incubators, 21 percent below a
year earlier.


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service Crop Reporting Board
Pou 1-1 (11-68) Washington, D. C. 20250







Chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries, United States

By months 2 Cumulative
Month : 5-year Change from: C.. -.7.C from
average : 1967 1968 last year 1967 : 1968 last year
Thou. Thou Th Percent Thou. Thou. Thou. Pct.


Broiler-tvyne:

January : 189,472
February : 184,158
March : '215,534
April : 220,850
May : 230,597
June : 215,866
July : 210,166
August : 193,877
September : 177,274
October : 185,606
November : 186,268
December : 194,103


E..-tvoe

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

Total Chicks:

January
February
a3rch
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December


31,687
40,528
69,856
87,241
77,605
45,708
31,085
27,393
27,906
29,001
26,332
26,342



221,159
224,686
285,390
308,090
308,202
261,574
241,251
221,270
205,180
214,608
212,600
220,445


225,260
217,590
256,135
250,348
257,042
244,971
241,078
232,283
201,668
205,637
211,342
215,188



39,761
46,315
66,132
74,418
68,073
47,929
34,o040o
36,011
34,603
32,878
27,681
26,977



265,021
263,905
322,267
324,766
325,115
292,900
275,118
268,294
236,271
238,515
239,023
242,165


229,018
219,197
247,342
248,857
261,528
251,583
245,827
233,574
203,887
215,288


225,260
442,850
698,985
949,333
1,206,375
1,451,346
1,692,424
1, 924,707
2,126,375
2,332,012
2,543,354
2,758,542



39,761
86,076
152,208
226,626
294,699
342,628
376,668
412,679
447,282
480,160
507,841
534,818



265,021
528,926
851,193
1,175,959
1,501,074
1,793,974
2,069,092
2,337,386
2,573,657
2,812,172
3,051,195
3,293,360


33,458
38,126
53,520
62,245
59,227
43,701
35,971
35,879
36,485
38,599




262,476
257,323
300,862
311,102
320,755
295,284
281,798
269,453
240,372
253,887


229,018
448,215
695,557
944,414
1,205,942
1,457,525
1,703,352
1,936,926
2,14o,813
2,356,101


33,458
71,584
125,104
187,349
246,576
290,277
326,248
362,127
398,612
437,211




262,476
519,799
820,661
1,131,763
1,452,518
1,747,802
2,029,600
2,299,053
2,539,425
2,793,312


+ 3,758
+ 5,365
- 3,428
- 4,919
- 433
+ 6,179
+10,928
+12,219
+14,438
+24,089


- 6,303
-14,492
-27,104
-39,277
-48,123
-52,351
-50,420
-50,552
-48,670
-42,949





- 2,545
- 9,127
-30,532
-44,196
-48,556
-46,172
-39,492
-38,333
-34,232
-18,860


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Poults hatched by commercial hatcheries United States

hy rionths : Cumul'tive
State 5-year 967 : 1968 Chuin-c rcm: 1967 1968 Change from
Average last year last year
TThou. Thou. Thou. Pt. T.... Thou. Thou. Pct.

jicavy breeooda :

January 3,415 7,396 4,277 -42 7,396 4,277 3,119 -42
February : 7,626 13,028 8,209 -37 20,424 12,486 7,938 -39
Itrch 17,187 21,791 16,907 -22 42,215 29,393 -12,822 -30
April 20,429 22,119 19,024 -14 64,334 48,417 -15,917 -25
May 20,874 22,515 20,003 -11 86,849 68,420 -18,429 -21
June 15,086 17,675 15,809 -11 104,524 84,229 -20,295 -19
July 6,885 8,423 8,073 4 112,947 92,302 -20,645 -18
August 1,838 2,194 1,926 -12 115,141 94,228 -20,913 -18
September 833 1,232 1,027 -17 116,373 95,255 -21,118 -18
October 913 1,515 1,205 -20 117,888 96,460 -21,428 -18
November 1,211 1,860 119,748
December 2,081 2,462 122,210

Lidrht breeds / :

January : 701 1,056 825 -22 1,056 825 231 -22
February 740 990 702 -29 2,046 1,527 519 -25
tMrch 968 1,073 901 -16 3,119 2,428 691 -22
April 1,194 1,035 1,237 +20 4,154 3,665 489 -12
M7y : 1,699 1,349 1,360 + 1 5,503 5,025 478 9
June 1,744 1,977 2,001 + 1 7,480 7,026 454 6
July 1,869 2,482 2,137 -14 9,962 9,163 799 8
August 1,295 2,340 1,621 -31 12,302 10,784 1,518 -12
September 746 1,176 1,020 -13 13,478 11,804 1,674 -12
October 745 1,108 1,031 7 14,586 12,835 1,751 -12
November 661 889 15,475
December 741 879 16,354

Total all
breeds

January : 4,116 8,452 5,102 -40 8,452 5,102 3,350 -40
February : 8,367 14,018 8,911 -36 22,470 14,013 8,457 -38
rch : 18,155 22,864 17,808 -22 45,334 31,821 -13,513 -30
April : 21,623 23,154 20,261 -12 68,488 52,082 -16,406 -24
mhy : 22,573 23,864 21,363 -10 92,352 73,445 -18,907 -20
June : 16,830 19,652 17,810 9 112,004 91,255 -20,749 -19
July 8,755 10,905 10,210 6 122,909 101,465 -21,444 -17
August 3,133 4,534 3,547 -22 127,443 105,012 -22,431 -18
September 1,579 2,408 2,047 -15 129,851 107,059 -22,792 -18
October 1,658 2,623 2,236 -15 132,474 109,295 -23,179 -17
November 1,872 2,749 135,223
December 2,822 3,341 138,564


1/ Heavy breeds include Broad white, white Holland, Empire white, Lancaster, crosses between
heavy and light breeds, bronze and other heavy breeds. Light breeds include Beltsville,
Jersey Buff, and wild turkeys.


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Chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries
State : Broiler-type : Erg-tyrne
and : October : January through October : October
division : 1967 : 1968 b 1967 1968 1967 1968
: Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands


Maine
N.H. & Vt.
Mass. & R.I.
Conn.
N. Y.
N. J.
Pa.
N. A.
Ohio
Ind.
Ill.
Mich.
Wis.
Minn.
Iowa
Mo.
N. Dak.
S. Dak.
Nebr.
Kans.
N. C.
Del.
Md.
Va.
W. Va.
N. C.
S. C.
Ga.
Fla.
S. A.
Ky.
Tenn.
Ala.
Miss.
Ark.
La.
Okla.
Texas
S. C.


6,272
552
642
1,065


4,2 5
3/12,933
420
1,712
9

943
663
100
1,439
V4

7
2
4/5,410
7,343
13,529
5,120
389
20,448
1,488
37,866
3,470
79,653

2,366
25,935
15,478
30,424
3,675

11,376
7/89.467


5,706
2/422
676
739

4,970
3/12,567
350
2,068
0

9VO
775





5/5,163
6,b39

5,113
116
22,246
1,422
37,203
3,685
92,056

2,712
27,931
16,242
32,640
3,262
L/
13,619
7/Q6. 586


65,484
5,901
7,554
10,689


47,67k
3/138,466
5,750
19,768
360

12,365
8,630
2,900
21,658


1,82
634
4178,599
92,735
151,341
55,347
4,509
234,281
15,891
420,656
33,787
1,008b, 54

30,105
287,119
165,795
338,217
37,394
I/
140,913
7/1. 00-.748


Colo. 3 4 240 171 98 183
Utah 106 82 1,429 1,273 99 92
Wash. 1,582 1,609 21,295 19,700 856 862
Oreg. 865 1,076 11,465 12,320 160 416
Calif. 5,180 5,748 62,384 62,443 5,431 5.462
West. 8/ : ,174 8,916 102.652 101.815 7.121 7,461
U. S. : 205,637 215,288 2,332,012 2.356.101 32.878 38.599
; Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
New Hampshire and Vermont combined to avoid disclosing individual operations.
North Atlantic total includes New York and New Jersey to avoid disclosing individual operations.
North Central total includes Michigan, North and South Dakota to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
/ North Central total includes Michigan, Iowa, North and South Dakota to avoid disclosing
individual operations.


Footnotes continued on following page.


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63,221
2/4,901
7,283
10,601


52,2F6
139,227
5,320
20,549
172

12, 10
9,587
11,129


1,737
793
5/65,700
81,332
162,515
55,014
2,796
246,824
15,828
415,032
38,149
1,017,490
I/
26,130
296,267
171,267
353,085
36,319
144,6 3
7/1. -oMi.86


383
212
429
324
1,450
240
1,203
4.,241
1,540
2,575
1,239
650
176
792
800
653
0
147
211
209
8,992




421
1,567
2,702
6/5,568
188
471
1,219
1,254
1,551
207
234
1.83o
r,-Q.;h


360
2/97
697
187
1, 450
190
1,559
4,540
1,300
2,687
1,265
800
480
1,022
580
818
0
300
383
240
9,875


299


753
3,591
3.612
6/8.987
260
653
1,313
1,294
1,426
394
267
2.129
7.736







Chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries

State Egg-type : Total
State :January through Oct. : October :January through Oct.
division 1967 1968 : Average : 1967 1968 1967 : 1968
Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous.
Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. T'nous. Tnous.


Maine
N. H. & Vt.
Mass. & R.I. 1/
Conn.
N. Y.
N. J.
Pa.
N. A.
Ohio
Ind.
Ill.
Mich.
Wis.
Minn.
Iowa
Mo.
N. Dak.
S. Dak.
Nebr.
Kans.
N. C.
Del.
Md.
Va.
W. Va.
N. C.
S. C.
Ga.
Fla.
S. A. 6/
Ky.
Term.
Ala.
Miss.
Ark.
La.
Okla.
Texas
S. C.


Colo.
Utah
Wash.
Oreg.
Calif.
West. 8'
U. S.


5,942
2,310
6,315
4,297
19,270
3,805
21,236
63,263
19,390
30,235
19,845
7,900
5,974
21,137
24,850
15,293
1,417
8,007
8,973
5.778
168,799
6/

5,739
8,6
7,321
29,804
29,050
81,637
3,153
7,479
12,589
14,133
17,239
2,733
4,473
24,991
b66,790


1,712
1,436
10,371
2,984
57,984
79.671
480.160


5,002
2/1,750
6,953
3,651
16,800
3,115
20,044
57,315
14,535
28,660
17,698
8,060
5,745
17,045
16,285
14,370
1,130
5,703
7,850
4,850o
141,931
6/

3,990
7,80
6,671
30,917
30.883
81,290
3,008
8,861
11,491
13,137
17,224
2,944
3,801
21,586
682,052


1,614
1,383
8,075
3,014
55,543
74,623
437.211


5,785
875
1,231
1,851
1,472
528
5,301
17,05#
1,828
4,065
993
4/
1,016
1,306
509
3,352


243
4/14,652
69

5,7
18,817
1,752
35,932
3,345
85,123
419
4,028
22,436
13,518
25,864
2,695
597
13,177
02,734


89
173
2,562
1,043
10,395
15,0 60
214.608


6,655
764
1,071
1,389
3/
5,4 8
3/17,174
1,960
4,287
1,248

1,119
1,455
900
2,092
4
218
211
4/14.402
6/

5,503
20,892
1,909
39,433
6,172
95,221
11
2,837
27,154
16,732
31,975
3,882
7/
13,206
7/96,421l


101
205
2,438
1,025
10,611
15,297
238.515


6,066
2/519
1,373
926
3/

6,59
3/17,107
1,650
4,755
1,265
5/
1, 40
1,797
1,687
5/

240
5/15,038
6/

5,412
22,96
2,175
40,794
7,297
101,0.3

3,36
29,2
17,536
34,066
3,656

15 ,
7/104,32Z


187
174
2,471
1,492
11,210
16,377
253.887


71,426
8,211
13,869
14,986
3/
68,910
3/201,729
25,140
50,003
20,205

18,339
29,767
27,750
36,951

10,85
6,412
4/247,398


61, O6

242,929
23,212
450,460
62,837
1,090,184
7/
37,5o4
299,708
179,928
355,456
40,127
7/
165,9504
7/1,090,538


1,952
2,865
31,666
14,449
120,368
182,323
2,812,172


68,223
2/6,651
14,236
14,252
3/
72 330
3/196,542
19,855
49,209
17,870
5/
18, 185
26,632

25,499
5/
5/
9,5B7
5,643
5/207,631
6

59,o0o
254,68
22,499
445,949
69,032
1,098.780

34,991
307,758
184,404
370,309
39,263
166,2X9
7/1,113,21


1,785
2,656
27,775
15,334
117,986
176,438
2,793.312


6/ South Atlantic total includes Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia to avoid disclosing
individual operations.
7/ South Central total includes Kentucky and Oklahoma to avoid disclosing individual
operations.
8/ West total includes Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii to
avoid disclosing individual operations.


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Chicken eggs in incubators November 1, 1968

Geographic Percent change from
division Broiler-type : Egg-type Total eggs

North Atlantic 103 141 112
East North Central 99 111 106
West North Central 73 136 105
South Atlantic 105 184 109
South Central 107 126 108
West : 109 113 111
United States 105 133 109





Poults hatched and turkey eggs in incubators

Geographic : Total breeds 1/
division : Heavy breeds : Light breeds : All breeds
division ---- ---- : --- : ---- : ---- : ----
Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou. Thou.
Poults hatched
during October

North Atlantic : 11 1 1 11 12 12
East .North Central 69 116 80 55 149 171
West North Central 162 138 683 728 845 866
South Atlantic 717 550 259 204 976 754
South Central 472 290 53 6 525 296
West 84 110 32 27 116 137
United States 1,515 1,205 1,108 1,031 2,623 2,236

Turkey eggs in
incubator November 1

North Atlantic 2 2 17 25 19 27
East North Central : 232 102 107 110 339 212
West North Central 239 160 766 712 1,005 872
South Atlantic 1,422 918 294 284 1,716 1,202
South Central 564 525 15 10 579 535
West 404 362 88 66 492 28
United States 2,863 2,069 1,287 1,207 4,150 3,276

November 1968 as
percent of
November 1967

United States 72 94 79

/J Heavy breeds include Broad white, white Holland, Empire white, Lancaster, crosses between
heavy and light breeds, bronze and other heavy breeds. Light breeds include Beltsville,
Jersey Buff, and wild turkeys.


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