Via the USDA:
Released June 8, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Broiler-Type Eggs Set Down 3 Percent
Commercial hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 206 million eggs in incubators during the week ending June 4, 2011. This was down 3 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by
eggs set three weeks earlier.
Broiler-Type Chicks Placed Down 2 Percent
Broiler growers in the 19 State weekly program placed 172 million chicks for meat production during the week ending June 4, 2011. Placements were down 2 percent from the comparable week a year earlier. Cumulative placements from
January 2, 2011 through June 4, 2011 were 3.76 billion, up 1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
