Pennsylvania egg production totaled 682.0 million during April 2022, up 5 percent from last year. Production included 644.6 million table eggs, and 37.4 million hatching eggs.
The total number of layers during April 2022 averaged about 26.94 million, down 9 percent from last year.
April egg production per 100 layers was 2,532 eggs, up 16 percent from April 2021.
United States egg production totaled 8.82 billion during April 2022, down 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.55 billion table eggs, and 1.27 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.18 billion were broiler-type and 93.8 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during April 2022 totaled 369 million, down 5 percent from last year. April egg production per 100 layers was 2,389 eggs, up 2 percent from April 2021.
Total layers in the United States on May 1, 2022 totaled 366 million, down 6 percent from last year. The 366 million layers consisted of 300 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 62.5 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.63 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on May 1, 2022, averaged 79.4 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from May 1, 2021.
Egg-type chicks hatched during April 2022 totaled 50.8 million, down 15 percent from April 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 52.5 million on May 1, 2022, down 3 percent from a year ago.
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 208 thousand during April 2022, down 22 percent from April 2021.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during April 2022 totaled 822 million, up slightly from April 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 721 million on May 1, 2022, up slightly from a year ago.
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