December 26, 2007

US egg production in November down

US egg production totaled 7.51 billion for November 2007, down 1 percent from last year.

Production included 6.42 billion table eggs, and 1.09 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.02 billion were broiler-type and 66 million were egg-type (layer). 

Broiler-type chicks hatched during November 2007 totaled 761 million, up 4 percent from November 2006.  Eggs in incubators totaled 678 million on December 1, 2007, up 4 percent from a year earlier.

The total number of layers during November 2007 averaged 343 million, down 1 percent from last year. The 343 million layers consisted of 284 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 56.0 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.83 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. 

November egg production per 100 layers was 2,190 eggs, up 1 percent from November 2006.

Rate of lay per day on December 1, 2007, averaged 73.1 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from December 1, 2006.