date:Nov 26, 2013
100 layers increased 1 percent to 2,351 eggs, NASS said.
All egg layers on Nov. 1 totaled 347 million, a 1 percent increase from 2012. The total consisted of 292 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 51.3 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs and 3.07 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day averaged 75.9 eggs per 100 layers, up 1 percent from a year ago, according to NASS.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during October edged 1 percent higher