Table 32. Poultry - Inventory and Number Sold: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
INVENTORY 
NUMBER SOLD - Con. 
Layers (see text) 
3,483 
17,445,067 
2,870 
19,273,181 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
257 
13,371,144 
271 
13,533,873 
1 to 49 
2,672 
42,546 
2,094 
31,997 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
266 
17,141 
166 
10,222 
1 to 1 ,999 
60 
3,564 
55 
1,312 
1 00 to 399 
106 
15,391 
82 
13,164 
2,000 to 15,999 
13 
131,800 
14 
133,100 
400 to 3,199 
24 
23,592 
22 
26,375 
16,000 to 29,999 
28 
618,564 
33 
753,153 
3,200 to 9,999 
37 
295,881 
80 
632,160 
30,000 to 59,999 
73 
3,203,490 
80 
3,436,056 
10,000 to 19,999 
112 
1,712,979 
153 
2,131,939 
60,000 to 99,999 
54 
4,205,466 
61 
4,798,401 
20,000 to 49,999 
229 
6,014,226 
216 
5,839,954 
100,000 or more 
29 
5,208,260 
28 
4,411,851 
50,000 to 99,999 
14 
965,300 
22 
1,483,465 
100,000 or more 
23 
8,358,011 
35 
9,103,905 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
2,743 
1,369,162,943 
2,265 
1,398,912,031 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
613 
7,718,153 
587 
7,675,221 
1 to 1,999 
145 
14,760 
92 
4,997 
2,000 to 15,999 
14 
80,793 
3 
18,000 
16,000 to 29,999 
3 
61,650 
3 
75,000 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
10 
452,320 
20 
887,400 
chickens 
2,689 
243,463,943 
2,170 
235,400,227 
60,000 to 99,999 
62 
4,856,439 
129 
10,603,142 
100,000 to 199,999 
240 
38,231,682 
160 
22,640,299 
Turkeys (see text) 
326 
2,661 
350 
1,986 
200,000 to 299,999 
512 
126,791,350 
192 
47,024,767 
300,000 to 499,999 
727 
258,961,237 
486 
190,882,094 
Chukars 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
1,030 
939,712,712 
1,180 
1,126,776,332 
Ducks 
306 
5,612 
563 
10,397 
Turkeys (see text) 
77 
3,110 
46 
395 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
24 
131 
83 
672 
1 to 1,999 
77 
3,110 
46 
395 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geese 
129 
789 
303 
2,307 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Guineas 
275 
3,512 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
" 
Ostriches 
10 
53 
13 
78 
Chukars 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
113 
666 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
73 
5,235 
85 
5,497 
Pheasants 
37 
36,027 
125 
76,929 
Emus 
9 
25 
11 
61 
Pigeons or squabs 
74 
3,454 
99 
3,018 
Geese 
28 
169 
35 
270 
Quail 
114 
1,292,151 
158 
2,991,860 
Guineas 
61 
1,904 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
643 
1,168,010 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
4 
13 
Other poultry (see text) 
31 
5,461 
846 
132,795 
Peacocks or peahens 
26 
236 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
17 
44,208 
58 
86,910 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
29 
1,167 
26 
917 
Layers (see text) 
1,033 
14,372,977 
914 
16,615,602 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
100 
10,360,144 
127 
17,391,084 
1 to 99 
506 
8,865 
341 
7,008 
100 to 399 
52 
7,468 
38 
6,080 
Rheas 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
30 
31,196 
13 
14,644 
3,200 to 9,999 
57 
456,158 
112 
887,413 
Roosters 
493 
1,280,484 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
158 
2,566,118 
178 
2,708,918 
20,000 to 49,999 
197 
5,160,311 
182 
5,031,890 
Other poultry (see text) 
19 
10,872 
196 
154,672 
50,000 to 99,999 
12 
833,885 
29 
2,100,363 
100,000 or more 
21 
5,308,976 
21 
5,859,286 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
638 
1,359,239,911 
550 
1,526,594,360 
Table 33. Aquaculture Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Item 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Item 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Catfish 
69 
1,600 
86 
1,313 
Mollusks 
3 
(D) 
6 
450 
Trout 
23 
1,646 
15 
1,629 
Ornamental fish 
3 
36 
20 
92 
Other food fish (see text) 
8 
(D) 
7 
369 
Sport or game fish 
28 
2,286 
30 
984 
Baitfish 
5 
(□) 
5 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
22 
(D) 
13 
(D) 
Crustaceans 
7 
217 
4 
44 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 25 
