QID 110005 Annual Hatchery and Chick Placement Report

Project 158 QID 110005			OMB No. 0535-0004 Approval Expires 7/31/2009
	ANNUAL HATCHERY AND CHICK PLACEMENT REPORT December 2009					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Alaska Field Office P.O. Box 799 Palmer, AK 99645 Phone: 1-800-478-6079 Fax: 1-800-741-4564 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary.				Your Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, your cooperation is very important to insure complete information on chicks hatched in 2009. Please return this report by faxing to or by mail in the envelope provided. Your individual report will be kept confidential. Thank you.

PLEASE REPORT “0” IF ANSWER IS “NONE” Include custom settings and hatchings done for others
1. Number of Chicks hatched in 2009 in Alaska--							NUMBER
a. Broiler-Type Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. Egg-Type Total (Include all males and females) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Number of Chicks Hatched monthly in 2009--
		Broiler-Type	Egg-Type			Broiler-Type	Egg-Type
	January . . . . . . . . . . . . .				July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
	February . . . . . . . . . . . .				August . . . . . . . . . . . . .
	March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				September . . . . . . . . .
	April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				October . . . . . . . . . . . .
	May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				November . . . . . . . . . .
	June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				December . . . . . . . . . .
					TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Number of Chicken Eggs in your incubators and hatchers on the first of each month in 2009--
		Broiler-Type	Egg-Type			Broiler-Type	Egg-Type
	January . . . . . . . . . . . . .				July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
	February . . . . . . . . . . . .				August . . . . . . . . . . . . .
	March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				September . . . . . . . . .
	April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				October . . . . . . . . . . . .
	May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				November . . . . . . . . . .
	June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				December . . . . . . . . . .
					TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Of the Chicks Hatched in 2009 (item 1 above), how many were--						Broiler-Type	Egg-Type
a. Placed for meat production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. Placed as--
(i) Straight-run chicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) Pullet chicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) Cockerel chicks (Including any given away)
c. Other disposition (research, destroyed, etc.)
d. Total (Add items 4a + 4b + 4c) (Should equal item 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Broiler-Type Chicks received during 2009 from other hatcheries (Include custom hatch done for you)
	NAME of HATCHERY		HATCHERY LOCATION (State)		MONTH RECEIVED		CHICKS for MEAT PRODUCTION		CHICKS for BREEDING
							121		131
							122		132
							123		133

6. Of the broiler chicks placed for meat production (items 4a and 5), how many were--						NUMBER
a. Placed within Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						141
b. Shipped to Other States (Specify)--
STATE			MONTH SHIPPED
				. . . . . . . . . . . . .	142
				. . . . . . . . . . . . .	143
				. . . . . . . . . . . . .	144

7. Average cash price received per 100 for all chicks sold? (Based on actual sales.)	Broiler-Type	Egg-Type
a. Placed for meat production? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	213 $
b. Placed as:
(i) Straight-run chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		204 $
(ii) Pullet chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	215 $	205 $
(iii) Cockerel chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	216 $	206 $

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8. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes = 1	099

Respondent Name:	Phone: ( )	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Comments:

INSTRUCTIONS and DEFINITIONS

Broiler-type: Report chicks hatched for placement as commercial broilers for meat production, plus chicks hatched

for Broiler-Type hatching egg supply flocks.

Egg-type: Report chicks hatched to supply replacement layers for market egg production, and chicks hatched for Egg-Type hatching egg supply flocks. Include males destroyed.

Eggs in

Incubators: Report total eggs in incubators and hatchers on the first of each month, classified between Broiler-Type

and Egg-type. Normally all eggs set in incubators in the previous 20 days will remain in

incubators/hatchers on the first of the month.

Chicks

Hatched: Report total hatched during month, classified between Broiler-Type and Egg-Type. Include all

chicks which were destroyed in the total chicks hatched.

Disposition

Of Chicks

Hatched: Report placements and actual or expected sales of chicks hatched. The total of chicks reported in

Items 4a, 4b, and 4c should equal the number of chicks hatched (item 1).

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