November 4, 2009

US chicken and egg output shows year-on-year growth in Sept

All layers in the US on October 1 totalled 335 million, while egg production totalled 7.37 billion, both up slightly from last year's figures.

Egg production included 6.34 billion table eggs, and 1.03 billion hatching eggs of which 961 million were broiler-type and 69 million were egg-type.

September's egg production per 100 layers was 2,209 eggs, up one percent on-year.

Layers consisted of 279 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 52.4 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 2.88 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.

Rate of lay per day on October 1, 2009, averaged 73.4 eggs per 100 layers, unchanged from October 1, 2008.

Egg-type chicks hatched during September 2009 totalled 40 million, up eight percent on-year. Eggs in incubators totalled 36.2 million on October 1, down slightly from a year ago.

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totalled 212,000 during September 2009, up one percent on-year.

Broiler-type chicks hatched during September 2009 totalled 739 million, down two percent on-year. Eggs in incubators totalled 586 million on October 1, down three percent from a year earlier.

Leading breeders placed 6.72 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during September 2009, down two percent on-year.