McMurray Hatchery Blog
Hatchery News, Updates and Information on Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys and Other PoultryMcMurray Hatchery Alert: Black Fly (Buffalo Gnat) Poultry Deaths
Dangers and diseases can come to your flock from a variety of sources including insects. Spring rains and warm, humid weather across some Central, Northern and even Southern states have led to an increase in mosquito and black fly populations. This week in Iowa,...
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Meet Our Team: Tom and Ashley Watkins
In this second article in the Meet Our Team blog series, we are talking to Tom and Ashley Watkins. Not only are they family, but they are the face of McMurray Hatchery.
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Photo Contest: Spring is in the Air, 2018
Warmer weather is finally here and it's time for our 2nd annual Spring is in the Air photo contest! We want to see how your flock is spending its Spring days. Now through May 23rd, enter photos of your Spring chickens. Send us photos of your baby chicks, fresh eggs,...
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What Chicken Breeds Make the Best Mothers?
If you’ve been raising chickens for a while, you know that there are some breeds — or even just some hens — that tend to go ‘broody’ more than others, and, some breeds that make better mothers than others. With Mother’s Day approaching, we thought it would be a good...
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Meet Our Team: Bud Wood
In our new ‘Meet Our Team’ blog series, we’ll introduce you to a few of our McMurray Hatchery team members. Kicking off this new series, is a short Q&A with our President and Owner, Bud Wood.
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Fresh Eggs: Healthy, Sustainable and Colorful
The popularity of backyard farming is growing at a rapid pace. More and more, families are looking for healthy, sustainable options including raising chickens for fresh eggs. A majority of the baby chicks and started pullets we sell at McMurray Hatchery...
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On-Farm Poultry Processing Workshop Featuring McMurray Hatchery
This month the McMurray Hatchery team was honored to be invited to present at the Iowa Organic Association’s On-Farm Poultry Processing workshop. The event brought together poultry owners from across the state to learn about everything from regulations on...
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