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) 
1,795 
153,925 
1,354 
139,764 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
23 
8,607 
20 
(D) 
1 to 49 
1,475 
(D) 
1,173 
19,282 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
216 
13,964 
111 
6,892 
1 to 1 ,999 
23 
8,607 
19 
2,282 
100 to 399 
82 
13,975 
55 
9,340 
2,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
400 to 3,199 
21 
19,540 
11 
12,650 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
204 
80,913 
94 
17,330 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
192 
7,375 
182 
(D) 
1 to 1 ,999 
195 
44,913 
94 
17,330 
2,000 to 15,999 
9 
36,000 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
chickens 
134 
18,137 
114 
(D) 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys (see text) 
176 
12,142 
198 
17,501 
200,000 to 299,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
300,000 to 499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chukars 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ducks 
252 
3,628 
403 
6,023 
Turkeys (see text) 
144 
44,795 
125 
62,243 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
17 
247 
24 
454 
1 to 1,999 
140 
10,208 
118 
(D) 
2,000 to 7,999 
2 
(D) 
5 
19,980 
Geese 
116 
750 
199 
1,348 
8,000 to 15,999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
1 
(D) 
Guineas 
133 
1,152 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
3 
4,030 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Chukars 
3 
18,250 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
42 
299 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
72 
2,495 
77 
1,632 
Pheasants 
36 
8,570 
67 
(D) 
Emus 
4 
65 
10 
155 
Pigeons or squabs 
17 
1,239 
46 
3,358 
Geese 
6 
400 
15 
76 
Quail 
17 
1,501 
42 
(D) 
Guineas 
20 
535 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
7 
162 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
3 
8,080 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
71 
1,293 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
26 
289 
321 
18,287 
Peacocks or peahens 
4 
59 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
10 
140,336 
23 
(D) 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
4 
(D) 
6 
1,808 
Layers (see text) 
354 
110,454 
224 
(D) 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
5 
(D) 
13 
4,949 
1 to 99 
307 
6,229 
199 
3,883 
100 to 399 
32 
5,955 
14 
2,100 
Rheas 
3 
150 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
13 
(D) 
7 
6,958 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Roosters 
21 
8,106 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
- 
1 
(D) 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
10 
212 
49 
12,209 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
194 
261,429 
227 
110,589 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Mollusks 
156 
15,426 
234 
11,176 
Trout 
15 
2,693 
18 
3,455 
Ornamental fish 
3 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
11 
3,842 
3,802 
Sport or game fish 
5 
2 
3 
(D) 
Baitfish 
1 
(D) 
1 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
8 
1,273 
4 
(D) 
Crustaceans 
- 
- 
9 
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