WASHINGTON — The USDA, in contemporary studies, offers its updates on broiler chicks and turkey poult hatch numbers.
In its most up-to-date “Chickens and Eggs” file, the USDA’s Nationwide Agricultural Statistics Provider notes that broiler-type chicks hatched for April had been up 2 p.c from April 2023.
“Broiler-type chicks hatched all through April 2024 totaled 834 million, up 2 p.c from April 2023,” NASS stated. “Eggs in incubators totaled 738 million on Would possibly 1, 2024, up 2 p.c from a yr in the past. Main breeders positioned 8.18 million broiler-type pullet chicks for long run home hatchery provide flocks all through April. . .