QID 110009 Hatchery Capacity Survey

Project Code 158 QID 110009		OMB No.-0535-0004: Approval Expires 7/31/2009
	HATCHERY CAPACITY REPORT January 2010			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

			Alabama Field Office P.O. Box 240578 4121 Carmichael Road Montgomery, AL 36124-0578 1-800-832-4181 Fax: 334-279-3590 E-mail: nass-al@nass.usda.gov
		Your response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. Your cooperation is important to insure reliable poultry estimates. Individual reports are kept confidential. Please return your completed questionnaire in the postage paid envelope provided.

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

1. Approximate number of birds hatched per year--						NUMBER
a. Broiler-type breed chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b. Egg-type breed chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c. Turkey Poults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Please report capacity, as of January 1, 2010 for each hatchery in Alabama separately. [Report the maximum number of eggs the Setters and Hatchers can hold at one time. Include inactive incubator capacity.]
LOCATION		CAPACITY of all SETTERS	+	CAPACITY of all HATCHERS	=	TOTAL
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TOTAL
3. Does your company in Alabama include extra chicks/poults or an “overrun” in shipments to allow for miscounting or early mortality?
YES – What is the overrun percentage? ____________________ % NO
4. In the previous 12 months, for your flocks raised for meat production in Alabama what was the average livability between the hatchery door and the processor door? (For example: A 5% mortality rate equals 95 percent livability.) ____________________ % Livability
5. Source of hatching eggs--
a. Does your company have hatching egg flocks maintained by contractees in Alabama . . . .						YES NO
b. Does your company maintain hatching egg flocks in Alabama? (Company employees gather eggs, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						YES NO
c. Does your company buy hatching eggs from another company? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						YES NO
6. Destination of chicks/poults--
a. Does your company have any chicks/poults raised for you by contractees in Alabama? .						YES NO
b. Does your company sell chicks/poults from Alabama? (Company employees perform day to day activities)						YES NO
c. Does your company sell chicks/poults from Alabama to other companies or producers? . . .						YES NO

7. 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

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