COLORADO 

Colorado egg production during March 2022 was 124.6 million eggs, up 10 percent from February 2022 but down 11 percent from March 2021 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand in March 2022 was 5.02 million, up 1 percent from February 2022 but down 6 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2,482 eggs, down 5 percent from last year. 

UTAH 

Utah egg production during March 2022 was 168.1 million eggs, up 15 percent from February 2022 and up 14 percent from March 2021 production, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The average number of layers on hand during March 2022 was 6.61 million, up 1 percent from 2022 and up 20 percent from last year. Eggs per 100 layers were 2, 542 eggs, down 5 percent from last year. 

UNITED STATES 

United States egg production totaled 9.39 billion during March 2022, down 1 percent from last year. Production included 8.03 billion table eggs, and 1.37 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.27 billion were broiler-type and 97.2 million were eggtype. The average number of layers during March 2022 totaled 381 million, down 3 percent from last year. March egg production per 100 layers was 2,467 eggs, up 3 percent from March 2021. 

Total layers in the United States on April 1, 2022 totaled 373 million, down 5 percent from last year. The 373 million layers consisted of 305 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 63.9 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.70 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on April 1, 2022, averaged 80.1 eggs per 100 layers, up 3 percent from April 1, 2021. 

Egg-type chicks hatched during March 2022 totaled 61.0 million, down 2 percent from March 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 57.3 million on April 1, 2022, up 3 percent from a year ago. 

Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 199 thousand during March 2022, down 39 percent from March 2021. 

Broiler-type chicks hatched March 2022 totaled 845 million, up slightly from March 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 721 million on April 1, 2022, up slightly from a year ago 

Leading breeders placed 9.30 million broiler-type pullet chicks for future domestic hatchery supply flocks during March 2022, up 13 percent from March 2021.