Hatchery review terms of reference

Data on hatching eggs, day old chicks and poults, and started pullets are collected weekly from all chicken and turkey hatcheries registered under the Federal Hatchery Regulations. For imports of broiler commercial chicks and commercial poults only, these data in addition include imported chicks shipped to producers.

Data reported in the Hatchery Reports are monthly or quarterly, by province or region with a Canada total, and with comparative data for the previous year. For most tables year-to-date figures are also given. All data are in thousands of actual numbers.

Monthly figures are calculated from the weekly reports. If the month terminates or begins in the middle of a week, then the weekly figures are split, so that the month represents the actual number of days in the month.

Data from the Atlantic Provinces are totalled to protect the confidentiality of the hatcheries.

Report 103 - Eggs set and chicks/poults hatched - placement of chicks/poults

Chicken (egg-type and broiler-type)

• Eggs set for egg production - chicks
  Totals of all egg-type chicken hatching eggs, both breeder and commercial, placed in incubators. These also include imported hatching eggs and eggs shipped interprovincially from another province. They do not include eggs which are exported. Eggs which do not hatch are included.

• Chicks hatched for egg production
  Totals of all egg production type chicks hatched excluding the culls (dead and disabled), but including those which are healthy but are later destroyed. The hatch reported is from eggs set 3 weeks previously, so the set and hatch for one month are not comparable.

• Placement of egg production chicks
  Totals of all commercial female egg-type chicks sold in large and small lots which are hatched and placed in the province or region, plus those moved into that province from another province or another country. Breeder female chicks are included. Male commercial chicks are not included.
  If the commercial chicks are not sexed but sold in mixed lots, then the placement figure includes one half of this number.

• Eggs set for broiler stock
  Totals of all broiler-type chicken hatching eggs, both breeder and commercial, placed in incubators. These include imported hatching eggs and eggs shipped interprovincially from another province. They do not include eggs which are exported. Eggs which do not hatch are included.

• Chicks hatched for broiler and roaster stock
  Totals of all broiler and roaster type chicks hatched excluding the culls (dead and disabled), but including those which are healthy but are later destroyed. The hatch reported is from eggs set 3 weeks previously, so the set and hatch for one month are not comparable.

• Placement of broiler and roaster chicks
  Totals of all broiler and roaster commercial chicks hatched and placed in the province or moved into that province from another province or from another country. It does not include broiler-type chicks placed in small lots. It does not include chicks exported - either commercial or breeders. This is available 1994 and forward.

• Placement of broiler chicks for small lots
  Totals of broiler chicks hatched and sold in small lots in that province or moved into that province from another province. Imports of small lots (if there are any) are not captured. Small lots are largely seasonal, and represent a small percentage only of broiler chick placements.

Turkey

• Eggs set for broiler poults
  Totals of all broiler-type turkey hatching eggs, both breeder and commercial, placed in incubators. These include imported hatching eggs and eggs shipped interprovincially from another province. They do not include eggs which are exported. Eggs which do not hatch are included.

• Turkey Poults hatched for broiler weights
  Totals of all broiler poults hatched excluding the culls (dead and disabled), but including those which are healthy but are later destroyed. The hatch reported is from eggs set 4 weeks previously, so the set and hatch for one month are not comparable.

• Placement of broiler poults
  Totals of all commercial broiler poults sold which are hatched and placed in the province or region, plus heavy females placed in the province as broilers, plus broiler poults moved into that province from another province or another country. Breeder poults are not included. Exports are not included.

• Turkey eggs set for heavy weights
  Totals of all heavy-type turkey hatching eggs, both breeder and commercial, placed in incubators. These included imported hatching eggs and eggs shipped interprovincially from another province. They do not include eggs which are exported. Eggs which do not hatch are included.

• Turkey poults hatched for heavy weights
  Totals of all heavy-type poults hatched excluding the culls (dead and disabled), but including those which are healthy but are later destroyed. The hatch reported is from eggs set 4 weeks previously, so the set and hatch for one month are not comparable.

• Placement of heavy weight poults
  Totals of all heavy weight commercial poults hatched and placed in the province, plus broiler toms placed as heavies, plus commercial heavy-weight poults moved into that province from another province or from another country. It does not include poults exported - either commercial or breeders.

Report 108 - Chicks/Poults unsold

Chicken(egg-type and broiler-type)

• Chicks unsold- Egg production and Broiler stock
  These are chicks which are unsold because there is no market for them, either because of their sex, or because the demand has been over estimated.

Turkey

• Poults unsold
  Totals of all poults which are unsold because there is no market for them, either because of their sex, or because the demand has been over estimated.

Report 109 - Interprovincial Movements

Report 109 shows interprovincial movement of products from a province and to another province. The figure in the provincial part of the report showing 'from' the Atlantic Provinces and 'to' the Atlantic, represents movement within the Atlantic provinces, i.e., between Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Chicken (egg-type and broiler-type)

• Pullets chicks for egg production-female
  Totals of female egg-type chicks which are moved interprovincially and placed for egg production. These numbers are included in the "placement of egg production chicks" reported under Report 103. They do not include breeders or imported chicks.

• Started pullets
  Totals of started pullets which are moved interprovincially and which (as with all the hatchery data sets) are reported by hatcheries registered under the Federal Hatchery Regulations. Started pullets are defined here as any bird older than one day which has not started laying. They do not include imported started pullets.

• Male chicks, commercial-egg stock
  Totals of male commercial egg-type chicks which are moved interprovincially. They do not include breeders, and do not include imported chicks.

• Chicks for broiler production
  Totals of broiler commercial chicks moved interprovincially and placed for broiler and roaster production. They do not include imports or breeders. These numbers are included in the "placement of broiler and roaster chicks" reported under Report 103.

• Broiler chicks for small lots
  Totals of broiler commercial chicks sold in small lots and moved interprovincially. These numbers are included in the "placement of broiler chicks" for small lots reported under Report 103.

• Chicken hatching eggs - egg stock
  Totals of all egg-type hatching eggs moved interprovincially. They do not include imports. These figures are included in the "eggs set for egg production chicks" reported under Report 103.

• Chicken hatching eggs - broiler chicken
  Totals of all broiler-type hatching eggs moved interprovincially. They do not include imports. These figures are included in the "eggs set for broiler stocks" reported under Report 103.

Turkey

• Turkey poults for broiler weights
  Totals of commercial broiler weight poults which are moved interprovincially and placed for broiler turkey production. These numbers are included in the "placement of broiler poults" reported under Report 103. They do not include breeder poults or imported poults.

• Turkey poults for heavy weights
  Totals of commercial heavy weight poults moved interprovincially and placed for heavy turkey production. They do not include imports or breeders. These numbers are included in the "placement of heavy weight poults" reported under Report 103.

• Turkey hatching eggs - broiler
  Totals of all egg-type hatching eggs moved interprovincially. They do not include imports. These figures are included in the "eggs set for broiler poults" reported under Report 103.

• Turkey hatching broiler poults - heavy weights
  Totals of all turkey heavy type hatching eggs moved interprovincially. They do not include imports. These figures are included in the "turkey eggs set for heavy weights" reported under Report 103.

Report 116/117 - Imports and Exports

Chicken (egg-type and broiler-type)

Imports

• Imports of chicken hatching eggs
  Totals of all imports from outside of Canada of 2 categories each of egg-type and broiler-type hatching eggs. The categories are commercial and breeder. All these numbers are included in the egg set for egg production chicks and the egg set for broiler stocks reported under Report 103. The provinces or regions shown are those in which the eggs are set in incubators.

• Imports of chicks
  Totals of imports from outside Canada of 2 categories each of egg-type and broiler-type chicks. The categories are commercial and breeder. These numbers do not distinguish sex. Broiler commercial chicks include chicks which are not reported by the hatcheries but go straight to producers. These are included in the "placement of broiler and roaster chicks" reported under Report 103. The female commercial egg-type chicks are included in the "placement of egg production chicks" reported under Report 103.

Export

• Exports of chicken hatching eggs
  Total of all exports outside of Canada of egg-type and broiler-type chicken hatching eggs. Commercial and breeder eggs are not differentiated.

• Exports of chicks
  Total of all exports outside of Canada of egg-type and broiler-type chicks. Commercial and breeder chicks are not differentiated.

Turkey

Imports

• Imports of turkey hatching eggs
  Totals of all imports from outside of Canada of 2 categories each of broiler and heavy weight turkey hatching eggs. The categories are commercial and breeder. All these numbers are included in either "eggs set for broiler poults" or "turkey eggs set for heavy weights" reported under Report 103. The provinces or regions shown are those in which the eggs are set in incubators.

• Imports of Poults
  Totals of imports from outside Canada of two categories each of broiler and heavy poults. The categories are commercial and breeder. Commercial poults include poults which are not reported by the hatcheries but go straight to producers. These are included in the "placement of broiler poults" and "placement of heavy weight poults" reported under Report 103.

Exports

• Exports of turkey hatching eggs
  Totals of exports to countries outside of Canada of broiler and heavy weight turkey hatching eggs. Commercial and breeder eggs are not differentiated.

• Exports of Poults
  Totals of exports to countries outside of Canada of broiler and heavy poults. Commercial and breeder poults are not differentiated.