Broiler-type chicks hatched during February 2017 totaled 730 million, down 2 percent from February 2016. Eggs in incubators totaled 667 million on March 1, 2017, up 3 percent from a year ago. Leading breeders placed 7.83 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during February 2017, down 3 percent from February 2016, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) “Chicken and Eggs” report, which can be viewed here.
Total frozen poultry supplies on February 28, 2017 were up 5 percent from the previous month and up 2 percent from a year ago. Total stocks of chicken were up 2 percent from the previous month but down 2 percent from last year. Total pounds of turkey in freezers were up 12 percent from last month and up 11 percent from February 29, 2016, according to NASS’ “Cold Storage” report, which can be viewed here.
