SurveyId 3815 Annual Chicken and Egg Report - December

ANNUAL CHICKEN AND EGG REPORT
December 2020
OMB No. 0535-0004
Approval Expires: 3/31/2022
Project Code: 158
SurveyId: 3815

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE

Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary.

USDA/NASS - Pennsylvania
Northeastern Region
4050 Crums Mill Road, #203
Harrisburg, PA 17112-2875
Phone: 1-800-498-1518
FAX: 1-855-270-2719
Email: [email protected]

The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully
discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in
accordance with the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal
laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is
voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0004. The time required to
complete this information collection is estimated to average 12 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
Your answers to the questions below are needed to prepare reliable state and national chicken and egg production statistics. These
statistics can be useful to you in making management decisions.

IDENTIFICATION
Please verify the name and address of this operation. Make corrections on the label.
1. Does this operation do business under any other name?
1

Yes -

3

No

Enter Name:

2. On December 1, did you or this firm own any chickens, excluding commercial broilers?
352
353

1

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Yes - Table Egg Flocks, Go to Section 1

1

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Yes - Hatchery Supply Flocks, Go to Section 2

3

☐

No - Go to Section 3, back page

Section 1 - Table or Market Egg Producers
Please report for all flocks now owned by you or your firm. (Exclude Commercial Broilers.)
Enter "0" if an answer to any question is none.

Table or Market
Egg Flocks

1. During November, how many new layers were added to your layer flock(s)? ..................................
Number

095

2. During November:
a. How many layers died, were destroyed or composted, or disappeared as part of your total
mortality? (Exclude those that were sold or rendered.)....................................................................
Number
b. How many layers were RENDERED?...............................................................................................
Number
c. How many layers were SOLD to fowl processors for slaughter?.......................................................
Number
d. How many layers were SOLD for further egg production?................................................................
Number
3. On December 1, what was the total number of layers in your flocks? (Include layers being
molted. Exclude pullets which have not laid marketable eggs.).......................................................
Number
a. Of the (question 3) layers, how many were in molt?.........................................................................
Number
b. Of the (question 3) layers, how many layers have completed a molt?..............................................
Number

089
083
088
093

081
091
092

4. Complete either question 4a OR 4b:
a. On December 1, what was the rate of lay (hen day) for your layer inventory? (Include
layers being molted.).........................................................................................................................
Percent
b. EGGS PRODUCED on December 1, by all Table Egg Layers?........................................................
Number
5. How many PULLETS were on hand December 1? (Include pullet chicks.)......................................
Number

079
__ __ . __ %
082

094

a. Of the (question 5) pullets, how many pullet chicks 3 days old or less were added to your
pullet flocks during November?.........................................................................................................
Number

090

b. How many PULLETS more than 3 days old were added to your PULLET flocks during
November?........................................................................................................................................
Number

086

i.

386

Who supplied the pullets in question 5b?...........................

6. How many ROOSTERS and MALE CHICKENS were on hand December 1? (All breeding
stock excluding broilers)....................................................................................................................
Number
7. TOTAL CHICKENS on hand December 1? (Add questions 3 + 5 + 6).............................................
Number

087
080

8. What was the average VALUE per bird for:
a. LAYERS?...............................................................................................................................
Dollars and Cents
b. PULLETS?.............................................................................................................................
Dollars and Cents

096
__ . __ __
097
__ . __ __

9. EGG PRICE - Please report average price received, per dozen, for eggs sold
wholesale during 2020 for all grades and sizes. (Exclude hatching eggs.)
Avg. Price Per

a. Average WHOLESALE price received?................................................................................Dozen

358
. __ __

Section 2 - Egg-Type or Broiler-Type Hatchery Supply Producers
The following questions refer to all chickens (excluding commercial broilers) now in flocks owned by you or your firm on
December 1, including all hens and pullets out on contract.
Enter "0" if an answer to any question is none.
Hatchery Supply and Primary
Breeder Flocks

1. EGGS PRODUCED - Complete either question 1a OR 1b:

Broiler-Type

a. December 1, rate of lay for all LAYERS? (Include layers being molted.).....Percent
b. EGGS PRODUCED on December 1 by all LAYERS?...........................................
Number
2. On December 1, how many of the chickens on hand were LAYERS?
(Include layers being molted. Exclude pullets which have not laid
marketable eggs.)..........................................................................................

179

Egg-Type
279

__ __ . __ %

__ __ . __ %

182

282

181

281

Number
Report below for
ALL Hatchery
Supply & Primary
Breeder Flocks

3. Of the (question 2) LAYERS:
a. How many were being molted?..........................................................................................................
Number
b. How many have completed a molt one or more times?......................................................................
Number

191
192

195

4. During November, how many replacements were moved into your (question 2) laying flock?...........
Number
5. During November, how many of the LAYERS:
(Exclude pullets which have not laid marketable eggs.)
a. Were SOLD for slaughter?.................................................................................................................
Number
b. Were RENDERED?............................................................................................................................
Number
c. DIED, DESTROYED, COMPOSTED, or DISAPPEARED, for any reason except sold or
Number
rendered?...........................................................................................................................................
d. Were SOLD for further egg PRODUCTION?......................................................................................
Number
6. How many PULLETS were on hand December 1? (Include pullet chicks.)........................................
Number

188
183
189
193

194

7. Of the (question 6) Pullets on hand:
a. How many PULLET CHICKS 3 days old or less were added to your PULLET flocks during
Number
November?.........................................................................................................................................
b. How many PULLETS more than 3 days old were added to your PULLET flocks during
Number
November?.........................................................................................................................................
i.

386

Who supplied the pullets in question 7b?..........................

190
186

Section 2 - Egg-Type or Broiler-Type Hatchery Supply Producers, continued
187

8. How many ROOSTERS and MALE CHICKENS were on hand December 1? (All breeding
stock excluding broilers.)...................................................................................................................

Number

9. TOTAL CHICKENS on hand December 1? (Add questions 2 + 6 + 8)........................................

Number

180

10. What was the average VALUE per bird for:
a. LAYERS?..........................................................................................................................
Dollars and Cents
b. PULLETS?........................................................................................................................
Dollars and Cents
c. ROOSTERS? (Breeding flock only.).................................................................................
Dollars and Cents

196
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197
__ . __ __
198
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Section 3
1. Were you caring for hens or pullets owned by another person or firm on December 1?
0357

1

☐

Yes - Continue

3

☐

No - Go to Survey Results

a. Please list name and address of individual or company who owns them:

Name/Company

Address

Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date,
go to: nass.usda.gov/results
To have a brief summary emailed to you at a later date, please enter your email address:
1095

Comments:

Contact Information
Operation Email: (if different from above)

Operation Phone:

9937

9936

check if
cell phone

(________) _______________________
Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone: (if different from above)

9912

9911
(________) _______________________

check if
cell phone

9910
Date:

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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.
OFFICE USE ONLY
Response
1-Comp
9901
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
S/E Name

Respondent
1-Op/Mgr
2-Spouse
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Other

9902

Mode
1-PASI (Mail)
2-PATI (Tel)
3-PAPI (Face-toFace)
6-Email
7-Fax
19-Other

Enum.
9903

9998

Eval.
9900

Change
9985

Office Use for POID
9989

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Optional Use
9921

9907

9908

9906

9916