Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):



	September 2, 2017		June 3, 2017
Flocks	$	97,108	$	98,059
Eggs and egg products	14,697		14,911
Feed and supplies	47,421		47,722
	$	159,226	$	160,692

We grow and maintain flocks of layers (mature female chickens), pullets (female chickens, under 18 weeks of age), and breeders (male and female chickens used to produce fertile eggs to hatch for egg production flocks). Our total flock at September 2, 2017, consisted of approximately 9.1 million pullets and breeders and 36.7 million layers.