The following production data was summarized from the July 21st 2025 edition of the USDA Chickens and Eggs-:
June 2025 pullet hatch, 29.7 million, up 14 percent from June 2024.
January to June 2025 cumulative pullet hatch, 177.9 million, up 9 percent from first half of 2025
July 1st 2025 egg-type hatching eggs in incubators, 57.3 million, up 14 percent from July 1st 2024
June 2025 pullets placed, 28.3 million, up 6 percent from June 2024
June 2025 pullets undergoing rearing, 129.4 million, up 2 percent from June 2024.
July 1st 2025 hen population 288.1 million, down 5 percent from July 2024.
June 2025 table eggs produced, 7,074 billion, down 6 percent from June 2024.
July 1st 2025 hens in molt, 2.1% of flock, up 17 percent from July 2024.
July 1st 2025 hens completed molt, 9.8% of flock, up 4 percent from July 2024.
June 2025 disposal by slaughter, 12.6 million, up 6 percent from June 2024
June 2025 disposal by rendering, composting or death, 8.3 million, up 48 percent from June 2024.
The take-away from July data is the initiation of a replacement of the national flock that was reduced by depopulation of 39 million hens during the first five months of 2025. It is probable that the quantum of replacements will be consistent with anticipated demand, avoiding oversupply and depressed prices as recorded in 2016 and early 2023. If mortality due to HPAI returns during the fall migration of waterfowl or if extension of infection from dairy herds occurs, growth in the national flock will be impacted.