Poultry Surveys

Project Code 158 QID 110009 skey 2575		OMB No.-0535-0004: Approval Expires 7/31/2012
	HATCHERY CAPACITY REPORT January 2011			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

			Arkansas Field Office 10800 Financial Centre Parkway Suite 110 Little Rock, AR 72211 1-800-327-2970 Fax: 1-877-743-6181 E-mail: nass-ar@nass.usda.gov
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1. Approximate number of birds hatched per year--						NUMBER
a. Broiler-type breed chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						1
b. Egg-type breed chicks? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						2
c. Turkey Poults? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						3
2. Please report capacity, as of January 1, 2011 for each hatchery in Arkansas 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
		4	+	5	=	6
		7	+	8	=	9
		10	+	11	=	12
		13	+	14	=	15
TOTAL						16
3. Does your company in Arkansas 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 Arkansas what was the average livability between the hatchery door and the processor door? (For example: A 5% mortality rate equals 95 percent livability.) __17__________________ % Livability
5. Source of hatching eggs--
a. Does your company have hatching egg flocks maintained by contractees in Arkansas? . .						YES NO
b. Does your company maintain hatching egg flocks in Arkansas? (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 Arkansas? .						YES NO
b. Does your company sell chicks/poults from Arkansas? (Company employees perform day to day activities)						YES NO
c. Does your company sell chicks/poults from Arkansas to other companies or producers? . .						YES NO

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