SurveyId 3815 Annual Chicken and Egg Report - December

ANNUAL CHICKEN AND EGG REPORT
December 2023
OMB No. 0535-0004
Approval Expires: x/xx/xxxx
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
National Operations Division
9700 Page Ave, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1-888-424-7828
FAX: 1-855-415-3687
Email: [email protected]

The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response 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 and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44
U.S.C. Ch. 35 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?
Yes -

1

Enter Name:

No

3

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

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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

079
__ __ . __ %
082

b. EGGS PRODUCED on December 1, by all Table Egg Layers?........................................................
Number
094

5. How many PULLETS were on hand December 1? INCLUDE Pullet Chicks. ...................................
Number
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? INCLUDE all
breeding stock. EXCLUDE 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
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097
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9. EGG PRICE - Please report average price received, per dozen, for eggs sold
wholesale during 2023 for all grades and sizes. EXCLUDE hatching eggs.
Avg. Price Per

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

358
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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:
a. December 1, rate of lay for all LAYERS? INCLUDE layers being molted.

Broiler-Type
179
Percent

Egg-Type
279

__ __ . __ %

__ __ . __ %

182

282

181

281

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. ..................................................................................................
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

188
183
189
193

194

6. How many PULLETS were on hand December 1? INCLUDE Pullet Chicks.

Number

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?.........................................................................................................................................

190

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

186

i.

386

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

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

8. How many ROOSTERS and MALE CHICKENS were on hand December 1?
INCLUDE all breeding stock. EXCLUDE 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
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198
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Section 3
1. Were you caring for hens or pullets owned by another person or firm on December 1?
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1

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Yes - Continue

3

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No - Go to Conclusion

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

Name/Company

Address

Comments:

Conclusion: Contact Information
Operator Email:

Operator Phone:

9929

Check to receive
results by email

9918
(

Operation Email: (if different from above)

Check if
cell phone
) _____________________

Operation Phone: (if different from above)

9937

Check to receive
results by email

9936
(

Check if
cell phone
) _____________________

Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone (if different from above)

9912

9911

Check if

9910

MM

DD

cell phone
_________________________________________ (
) _____________________
Date: __ __ __ __
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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help. The results will be available on the release date at: nass.usda.gov/results

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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