al-broilers BROILER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING: 3/4/2006 The Alabama Agricultural Statistics Service in Montgomery conducts a weekly survey of the State's broiler hatcheries. For more information contact us at 1-800-832-4181. The results of this survey follow: Eggs set were 31.9 million, a slight decrease from the previous week. Chicks hatched were 26.6 million, including 5.7 million placed in other states, used for breeder replacements, or destroyed. The hatching rate for the state was 83 percent. Chicks placed were 21.3 million, a slight decrease from the previous week. Placements included 526,790 chicks shipped into Alabama from other states. Broiler-Type Eggs Set, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 28 : Feb 4 : Feb 11 : Feb 18 : Feb 25 : Mar 4 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 31,025 *31,501 *31,697 *31,752 *31,907 31,895 AR : 31,327 31,442 *30,591 31,127 *30,994 30,868 DE : 3,981 3,700 3,713 3,987 3,920 3,872 FL : 1,359 1,374 *1,368 1,354 1,373 1,364 GA : 34,455 33,622 *33,992 34,226 34,816 34,827 KY : 7,432 7,205 *6,003 *7,191 *7,619 7,237 LA : 4,136 4,136 4,136 4,166 4,166 4,088 MD : 8,912 8,888 8,622 8,901 8,871 8,977 MS : 18,447 18,188 *18,323 18,108 18,392 18,439 NC : 18,351 18,431 *18,738 19,438 *19,223 18,986 OK : 6,760 6,566 6,665 6,759 6,617 6,713 PA : 3,971 3,721 4,063 3,333 *4,214 3,874 SC : 5,367 5,194 5,345 5,369 5,339 5,444 TX : *15,233 *14,628 *15,117 *15,144 *15,189 15,266 VA : 6,156 6,246 6,360 6,296 6,410 6,577 CA, MO, TN, & WV : *17,235 *17,969 *17,768 *18,210 *18,207 18,394 : 19 State Total :*214,147 *212,811 *212,501 *215,361 *217,257 216,821 : Previous Year Total : 212,630 213,234 213,830 213,897 213,989 214,750 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 101 100 99 101 102 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised Broiler Chicks Placed, 19 Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :----------------------------------------------------------- : Jan 28 : Feb 4 : Feb 11 : Feb 18 : Feb 25 : Mar 4 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 : 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Thousand : AL : 21,340 21,631 *21,416 *20,851 *21,339 21,298 AR : 24,597 25,961 25,383 23,786 *23,863 24,141 DE : 5,908 5,088 5,267 5,874 5,648 5,207 FL : 1,631 1,641 1,843 1,496 1,498 1,494 GA : 27,061 27,312 27,662 *28,038 *27,106 27,572 KY : *5,836 *6,168 *6,370 *6,097 *5,839 4,992 LA : 3,937 3,977 3,950 4,229 4,174 3,806 MD : 5,267 5,667 6,022 4,960 5,022 5,194 MS : 16,511 16,617 16,244 16,547 16,428 16,541 NC : 15,465 14,630 14,471 14,951 *15,346 15,346 OK : 5,447 4,467 4,781 5,948 *5,391 5,241 PA : 2,949 2,921 2,936 2,989 *2,732 2,862 SC : 4,390 4,570 5,239 4,562 4,338 5,152 TX : 12,936 *13,063 *12,999 *13,148 *12,622 12,920 VA : 4,990 5,260 4,952 4,996 *5,092 5,235 CA, MO, TN, & WV : 16,490 15,498 *16,486 *15,909 *16,606 16,748 : 19 State Total :*174,755 *174,471 *176,021 *174,381 *173,044 173,749 : Previous Year Total : 171,340 172,928 175,504 175,869 176,799 176,267 : Pct. of Prev. Year : 102 101 100 99 98 99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised