COLORADO 

Colorado egg production during February 2021 was 133.7 million eggs, down 10 percent from January 2021 but up 6 percent from February 2020 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in February 2021 was 5.58 million, down 2 percent from January 2021 but up 11 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,394 eggs, down 5 percent from last year. 

UTAH 

Utah egg production during February 2021 was 131.6 million eggs, down 5 percent from January 2021 but up 23 percent from February 2020 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand during February 2021 was 5.61 million, up 3 percent from January 2021 and up 27 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,347 eggs, down 3 percent from last year. 

UNITED STATES 

United States egg production totaled 8.60 billion during February 2021, down 4 percent from last year. Production included 7.44 billion table eggs, and 1.16 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.08 billion were broiler-type and 76.9 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during February 2021 totaled 394 million, down 1 percent from last year. February egg production per 100 layers was 2,183 eggs, down 3 percent from February 2020. 

Total layers in the United States on March 1, 2021 totaled 394 million, down slightly from last year. The 394 million layers consisted of 327 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 63.4 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.30 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on March 1, 2021, averaged 77.8 eggs per 100 layers, up slightly from March 1, 2020. 

Egg-type chicks hatched during February 2021 totaled 52.5 million, up 9 percent from February 2020. Eggs in incubators totaled 58.9 million on March 1, 2021, up 20 percent from a year ago. 

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 202 thousand during February 2021, down 58 percent from February 2020. 

Broiler-type chicks hatched during February 2021 totaled 760 million, down 6 percent from February 2020. Eggs in incubators totaled 708 million on March 1, 2021, down 1 percent from a year ago. 

Leading breeders placed 8.60 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during February 2021, up 6 percent from February 2020.