Keeping the Chicken Water from Freezing

In cold weather, it can be difficult to keep your chickens’ water from freezing.  Here are a few solutions: Store the waterers in a heated area overnight then bring them back out to the chicken coop or chicken pen each morning.  Some people  keep two sets of...

McMurray Hatchery Catalogs for 2011

We will start sending out McMurray Hatchery catalogs for 2011 at the end of December.  If you’re not yet on our mailing list, you can request a catalog using the link below: Request a Catalog If you have placed an order with us anytime within the past 5 years,...

Baby Chick Videos

We have made a series of short videos that show many of the breeds of baby chicks that we offer on our website.  Each video is about 90 seconds long. The baby chicks are very cute to watch, but the real usefulness of these videos is that they can help you identify...

2010 Chicken Photo Contest Winners

McMurray Hatchery’s 2010 Chicken Photo Contest has now ended.  You can view the winning photos and read the stories behind them using the links below: Winner for the That’s So Sweet category Winner for the Too Funny for Words category Winner for the Best...

2010 Photo Contest Winner

The final results are in for our 2010 Best of Breed photo contest. Congratulations to our winner and our two runner-ups! We thank all of you who participated in this contest, and we look forward to having more poultry-related contests in the 2011. Do you have ideas,...