Form QID Monthly Chicken and Egg Report _ Layers (HI version)

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Project 158 QID 110012			OMB No. 0535-0004 Approval Expires 7/31/2009
	MONTHLY CHICKEN AND EGG REPORT May 2009					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
	(Layers – HAWAII Only)				Hawaii Field Office 1428 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96814 Phone: 1-800-804-9514 Fax: 808-973-2909 Email: nass-hi@nass.usda.gov
Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary.				Your answers to the questions below are needed to prepare reliable Hawaii and National Egg Production Statistics by type. These statistics can be useful to you in making management decisions. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, your cooperation is very important in order to make accurate estimates for Hawaii. Please return this report by faxing to the number above or by mail in the envelope provided. Your individual report will be kept confidential.

PLEASE REPORT FOR ALL FLOCKS NOW OWNED BY YOU OR YOUR FIRM Exclude Commercial Broilers (When an answer to any question is none, enter “0”.									Table Or Market Egg Flocks
LAYER INVENTORY
1. On April 1, how many LAYERS were on hand? Number
2. During April, how many LAYERS WERE ADDED to your flock? Number
3. During April, how many LAYERS (Exclude pullets which have not laid marketable eggs):
a. were SOLD for slaughter:
	Average Weight	Average Price		Number
i. on farm: Alive	Lbs. live-wt.	Cents per lb.
Ready-to-cook	Lbs. dress-wt.	Cents per lb.
ii. to slaughter plants
Total sold for slaughter (add items i and ii) Number						088
b. were RENDERED? Number						083
c. DIED, DESTROYED, COMPOSTED, or DISAPPEARED, for any reason except sold or rendered? Number						089
d. were SOLD for further egg PRODUCTION? Number						093
4. On May 1, how many LAYERS were on hand? Number						081
5. Of the (Item 4) LAYERS:
a. how many were being force molted? Number						091
b. how many have completed a forced molt one or more times? Number						092
PULLET INVENTORY
During April, how many PULLETS and PULLET CHICKS (not laying marketable size eggs) were added to your flock? Number
How many PULLET CHICKS less than 3 days old (Including any in Item 6), were added to your PULLET flocks during April? Number								090
Of the pullet chicks added (item 6), what was:
a. Average price paid per hundred chicks Dollars
b. Average freight cost per hundred chicks Dollars
8. How many PULLETS were on hand May 1? (Include Pullet Chicks) Number							094
Of the total pullets on hand May 1 (item 8), how many were:
a. Non-laying PULLETS older than 13 weeks of age? Number
b. PULLETS and PULLET CHICKS under 13 weeks of age? Number
ALL CHICKENS
On May 1, how many TOTAL CHICKENS (layers and pullets) were in your flock? (add items 4 and 8) Number
EGG PRODUCTION AND PRICE
10. EGGS PRODUCED – Complete one of the following:
a. May 1 rate of lay for all LAYERS (Include layers being force molted) Percent
b. EGGS PRODUCED on May 1 by all LAYERS Number							082
11. What was the AVERAGE PRICE (per dozen) for eggs you produced and sold during March? Cents per dozen

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12. 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: __ __ __ __ __ __

OFFICE USE
Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
								407		408
S/E Name

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