Eggs in incubators were down 4 percent from last year.
Poults hatched in May 2017 totaled 24.1 million, up 1 percent from May 2016, and up 4 percent from the April 2017 total of 23.2 million poults, NASS reported.
Net turkey poults placed during may eased 2 percent compared to the same month in 2016. Net placements climbed 4 percent from the April total of 22.1 million.
States reporting turkey hatcheries are: Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.