QID 110012 Monthly Chicken and Egg Report - Aug 2012

Project 158 QID 110012 Skey 3116			OMB No. 0535-0004 Approval Expires 10/31/2012
	MONTHLY CHICKEN AND EGG REPORT August 2012					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Alabama Field Office P.O. Box 240578 4121 Carmichael Road Montgomery, AL 36124-0578 Phone: 1-800-832-4181 Fax: 334-279-3590 Email: nass-al@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 State and National Egg Production Statistics by type. These statistics can be useful to you in making management decisions. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical proposes. Response is voluntary. Please return this report by faxing to the number above or by mail in the enclosed postage paid envelope.

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	Hatchery Supply and Primary Breeder Flocks
		Broiler-type	Egg-type
1. EGGS PRODUCED – Complete one of the following:
a. August 1 rate of lay for all LAYERS (Include layers being force molted.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Percent	079 ___ ___ . ___ %	179 ___ ___ . ___ %	279 ___ ___ . ___ %
b. EGGS PRODUCED on August 1 by all LAYERS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number	082	182	282
2. On August 1, how many of the chickens on hand were LAYERS? (Include layers being force molted. Exclude pullets which have not laid marketable eggs)?. . . . . . . . Number	081	181	281

3. Of the (item 2) LAYERS:		Report below for ALL Hatchery Supply and Primary Breeder Flocks
a. how many were being force molted?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Number	091		191
b. how many have completed a forced molt one or more times?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number	092		192
4. During July, how many replacements were moved into your (item 2) laying flock? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	095		195
5. During July, how many of the LAYERS (Exclude pullets which have not laid marketable eggs):
a. were SOLD for slaughter? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number	088		188
b. were RENDERED? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Number	083		183
c. DIED, DESTROYED, COMPOSTED, or DISAPPEARED, for any reason except sold or rendered? . . . . . . . . . . . . Number	089		189
d. were SOLD for further egg PRODUCTION? . . . . . . . . . Number	093		199
6. How many PULLETS were on hand August 1? (Include Pullet Chicks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Number	094		194
7. Of the (item 6) Pullets on hand:
a. How many PULLET CHICKS 3 days old or less were added to your PULLET flocks during July? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	090		190
b. How many PULLETS more than 3 days old were added to your PULLET flocks during July? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	086		186
(i) Who supplied the pullets in item 7b? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	386

survey results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to www.nass.usda.gov/results Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 1Yes 3No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Response		Respondent		Mode		R Unit	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	0921	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
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