USDA’s December 2024 Chickens and Eggs report showed that broiler-type chicks hatched during November 2023 increased by four percent. As of December 1, 2024, eggs in incubators totaled 746 million. Leading breeders placed 8.26 billion broiler-type pullets during November 2024, an increase of one percent from the prior year.
United States egg production totaled 8.92 billion during November 2024, down four percent from last year. Production included 7.68 billion table eggs and 1.24 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.15 billion were broiler-type and 90.3 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during November 2024 totaled 376 million, representing a three percent decrease from 2023.
Total layers in the United States on December 1, 2024, totaled 375 million, a three percent decrease from the prior year. The 375 million layers consisted of 311 million layers producing table or market-type eggs, 60.7 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.78 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs.
The complete December 2024 report can be found here.
