U.S. broiler egg sets and chick placements rise
Eggs placed in incubators for the week ending October 10 were up 3% year over year, while broiler chick placements rose 1%.
Event / data period: 2026-10-10
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported on October 14 that hatcheries in its U.S. weekly program set 245 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending October 10. That was 3% above the year-earlier week; average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 79.5%.
Broiler growers placed 190 million chicks for meat production during the same week, a 1% annual increase. Cumulative placements through October 10 reached 7.83 billion, up 2% from the same period a year earlier. The weekly report covers operations in USDA’s weekly program; hatchability divides chicks hatched by eggs set three weeks earlier.
Data
Broiler hatchery indicators
USDA NASS weekly program, week ending October 10, 2026.
- Eggs set during week ending October 10
- 245 million
- 2026-10-10 · Observed
- Average hatchability of chicks hatched during week
- 79.5 percent
- 2026-10-10 · Observed
- Chicks placed for meat production during week ending October 10
- 190 million
- 2026-10-10 · Observed
Methodology
Figures cover U.S. operations in the weekly program. Hatchability divides chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.
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