by McMurray Staff | Jan 20, 2014 | Hunter Kemper
Murray McMurray Hatchery has helped make the preparation for our chickens very easy. Their book: “Chickens in Five Minutes a Day” is awesome! It’s an easy read and tells you everything you need to know about raising chickens. We also got one of their starter kits. ...
by McMurray Staff | Jan 13, 2014 | Hunter Kemper
Backyard Chicken Farmer? If you told me a few months ago that I’d be raising chickens in my backyard, I wouldn’t have believed you. In my backyard? Chickens? It all sounded a little crazy to me until I spoke with Chris Huseman, Director of Marketing from Murray...
by McMurray Staff | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Laryngotracheitis Darrell W. Trampel, D.V.M., PhD. Iowa State University January 6, 2014 Each year, chicken owners contact me to discuss a serious disease in their chickens characterized by difficult breathing, loud wheezing, and gurgling. Affected chickens...
by McMurray Staff | Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
A Coccidiosis Primer Darrell W. Trampel, D.V.M., PhD. Iowa State University December 26, 2013 Coccidiosis is found wherever chickens are raised. Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease caused by protozoan parasites which belong to the genus Eimeria. Disease occurs...
by McMurray Staff | Dec 9, 2013 | Guest Articles, Poultry Health
Pullorum Disease, Poultry, and the NPIP Darrell W. Trampel, D.V.M., PhD. Iowa State University December 2, 2013 Development of purebred chickens can be traced back to 1875 when the American Poultry Association (APA) published a book entitled “Standards of...
