by McMurray Staff | Aug 11, 2010 | Recipes
This is a delicious main dish that uses a lot of eggs and serves eight people. It tastes best when served with Green Chile Sauce. 4 – 4 oz. cans whole green chiles 1/2 lb. Monterey Jack cheese, grated 1/2 lb. cheddar cheese, grated 6 eggs, separated 1 cup sour...
by McMurray Staff | Aug 11, 2010 | Guest Articles
by Andy Schneider (the Chicken Whisperer) Time and time again I hear people complaining about the problems they think backyard chickens will bring if allowed into the backyards of their city. Some of the more common complaints that I hear are noise, smell, rodents,...
by McMurray Staff | Aug 9, 2010 | McMurray Hatchery
[If you have not already read part one of this two part post, you can read it here.] Each and every bird is inspected to make sure they are true to breed, i.e. feather color, skin color, proper body type, comb type, number of toes (4 or 5), etc. If a bird does not...
by McMurray Staff | Jul 30, 2010 | Homesteading, Interviews, Raising Chickens
Barbara Chatterton-Luuring and her family are starting a homestead in Machias, Maine. They moved there from the Netherlands about a year ago and began raising chickens for the first time this Spring. They are starting a homestead on three acres with a flock of 45...
by McMurray Staff | Jul 29, 2010 | Raising Chickens
Earlier this week, we asked these questions on our Facebook page: Do you have a garden? What do you grow in it? Do you use chickens in your garden? Many people gave their answers. The answers seemed to center around three things: disadvantages or problems with...
