WASHINGTON — The USDA, in recent reports, gives its updates on broiler chicks and turkey poult hatch numbers.
In its most recent “Chickens and Eggs” report, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service notes that broiler-type chicks hatched for April were down slightly.
“Broiler-type chicks hatched during April 2023 totaled 819 million, down slightly from April 2022,” NASS said. “Eggs incubators totaled 723 million on May 1, 2023, up slightly from a year ago. Leading breeders placed 7.88 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during April 2023, down 1 percent from April 2022. . .

