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) 
3,060 
4,231,250 
1,756 
4,714,337 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
75 
3,559,590 
74 
4,160,549 
1 to 49 
2,668 
39,852 
1,492 
23,054 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
223 
13,755 
119 
7,543 
1 to 1 ,999 
42 
2,264 
44 
1,808 
1 00 to 399 
100 
15,714 
83 
12,789 
2,000 to 15,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
400 to 3,199 
18 
18,123 
4 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
30,000 to 59,999 
8 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
113,146 
8 
139,004 
60,000 to 99,999 
16 
1,233,800 
8 
573,114 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
846,355 
31 
867,031 
100,000 or more 
7 
1,952,526 
11 
3,094,131 
50,000 to 99,999 
11 
735,206 
9 
587,100 
100,000 or more 
4 
2,449,099 
9 
3,070,356 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
539 
225,882,950 
453 
236,209,584 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
448 
1,816,370 
298 
1,710,054 
1 to 1 ,999 
147 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
2,000 to 15,999 
5 
29,200 
2 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
1 
(D) 
3 
171,000 
chickens 
803 
44,296,198 
512 
45,792,333 
60,000 to 99,999 
8 
626,463 
6 
492,000 
100,000 to 199,999 
22 
3,434,705 
28 
4,053,019 
Turkeys (see text) 
430 
6,999,565 
337 
5,484,201 
200,000 to 299,999 
37 
9,246,782 
44 
10,537,159 
300,000 to 499,999 
114 
45,470,741 
113 
44,284,064 
Chukars 
3 
750 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
205 
167,019,644 
208 
176,658,936 
Ducks 
320 
8,309 
444 
13,354 
Turkeys (see text) 
219 
24,455,703 
200 
19,478,631 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
38 
102 
71 
320 
1 to 1,999 
63 
(D) 
56 
761 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
1 
(D) 
Geese 
127 
1,025 
246 
2,099 
8,000 to 15,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Guineas 
395 
4,952 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
25 
1,271,534 
30 
1,386,670 
60,000 to 99,999 
21 
1,507,537 
23 
1,636,787 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
108 
21,636,053 
85 
16,335,108 
Ostriches 
1 
(D) 
5 
34 
Chukars 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
105 
883 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
74 
(D) 
74 
129,699 
Pheasants 
33 
612 
76 
1,484 
Emus 
4 
8 
15 
176 
Pigeons or squabs 
54 
(D) 
117 
(D) 
Geese 
13 
167 
51 
487 
Quail 
52 
722,108 
107 
923,757 
Guineas 
72 
1,895 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
3 
30 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
273 
201,191 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
3 
17 
Other poultry (see text) 
51 
6,135 
576 
15,296 
Peacocks or peahens 
19 
259 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
8 
435 
19 
1,064 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
16 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
Layers (see text) 
470 
2,948,403 
370 
3,038,675 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
26 
6,734,980 
59 
7,767,531 
1 to 99 
372 
7,067 
275 
5,561 
100 to 399 
42 
8,064 
36 
5,465 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
6 
5,041 
5 
2,920 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
3 
16,754 
Roosters 
89 
200,495 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
10 
162,972 
12 
206,220 
20,000 to 49,999 
32 
979,538 
27 
751,730 
Other poultry (see text) 
21 
4,111 
120 
36,742 
50,000 to 99,999 
5 
294,000 
9 
549,480 
100,000 or more 
3 
1,491,721 
3 
1,500,545 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
555 
219,779,665 
363 
246,193,690 
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 
15 
134 
36 
226 
Mollusks 
1,306 
17 
2,692 
Trout 
2 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Ornamental fish 
62 
2 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
10 
(D) 
12 
214 
Sport or game fish 
16 
1,064 
25 
747 
Baitfish 
2 
(□) 
1 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
12 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
Crustaceans 
10 
(D) 
22 
571 
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