Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 84 percent, NASS said.
Broiler-type chicks placed for meat production climbed 1 percent to 164 million chicks during the week ending Aug. 24, NASS reported. Cumulative placements from Dec. 30, 2012, through Aug. 24 were 5.61 billion, up 1 percent from the same period in 2012.