McMurray Hatchery Blog
Hatchery News, Updates and Information on Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys and Other Poultry
2021 Catalog Photo Winners Announced
The 2021 Murray McMurray Hatchery catalog is done and in the mail! Copies have already started landing in mailboxes across the U.S. and Canada. We are thankful to be able to feature so many amazing photos submitted by our customers each year, and this year was no...
Preparing Your Winter Chicken Coop
Winter is here and I need to think about the things to do to start preparing my chicken coop and chickens for their winter chicken coop set up. Wait, what? I have a winter set up and check list for my chickens? Why yes, yes I do! And it might be something you...
How to Make Money Off Your Chickens
When my chicken addiction became strong, my husband gave me the stink eye. I quickly needed to find ways for my chickens to make me money! Raising chickens for meat, and learning about how to put up my chicken eggs for sale, were two of the main things I needed to...
DIY Suet Blocks for Poultry | High Protein Treats for Molting Season
DIY suet blocks for poultry are ideal during molting season. Suet cakes for chickens and other birds encourages and promotes feather growth. Not to mention, your poultry team will love this delicious treat item. Molting is a natural occurrence for poultry, wild and...
McMurray Hatchery 2021 Customer Photo Winners, Round One
Customer Photos to Appear in 2021 McMurray Hatchery Marketing Congratulations to photo contest winners Breanna Brooks, Rebekah Jaeger, and Tiffany Johnson! Their photos have been selected to be used in our 2021 marketing materials. Their photos will premiere in our...
How to Preserve Eggs Long-term with These 4 Methods
How to preserve eggs when looking for long-term storage is easy. In fact, for those who raise poultry it is a necessity. The most commonly asked question for those new to poultry keeping, do eggs need to be refrigerated, will also be addressed in this article. The...
Winner Announced | Summer Photo Contest
2020 Summer Photo Contest Winner! Congratulations Rebecca Reynolds — the winner in our 2020 Summer Photo Contest. Pictured here are four of her beautiful photo entries. As a winner, Rebecca will receive a $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE to McMurray Hatchery. All photos in this...
McMurray Hatchery Customers Round-Up to Support 4-H
For generations, McMurray Hatchery has been an avid supporter of poultry education — including vital programs such as 4-H group and individual poultry projects throughout the U.S.A. Over the past six months, our customers have had the opportunity to round-up when...
Winners Announced: 100K Facebook Giveaway
In June, we passed 100,000 likes and followers on our McMurray Hatchery Facebook page! To celebrate this milestone, and to thank our followers, we held a 10-day 100K Giveaway, with daily prizes ranging from free t-shirts to free chicks. Congratulations to these...
Using Chickens and Geese in the Garden
Chickens and geese aren’t just a great homestead food source. You can start using chickens and geese in the garden to help you create a bountiful harvest each year! And, if you’ve ever wanted to start raising geese, this is a great excuse for you to dive right in this...
Winners Announced | Spring Photo Contest
Congratulations to these winners in the 2020 Spring is in the Air photo contest! These winning photos will be used on our website, and in our marketing materials. The following winners will each receive a $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE to McMurray Hatchery: RHODE ISLAND RED —...
Raising Free-Range Poultry
The benefits of free-range poultry are great. The process creates a healthier bird, meat, and egg product. To make the process enjoyable and less stressful for the poultry keeper, poultry learn the best techniques on how to free-range poultry successfully. Is there...
Chicken Coop Ideas | Our Favorite Coops
Chicken coops come in as many shapes and sizes as there are breeds of chickens. As popularity for keeping chickens has risen over the past decade, chicken coops now range from those built purely for function, to a custom dream home for backyard flocks with white glove...
Chicken School | Hatching Baby Chicks
Last month when schools closed across the country and the kids were suddenly needing some educational activities to keep them busy, we began Chicken School in our home. If you caught our first blog in this series, Chicken School, Homeschool Learning Ideas, you know we...
How to Build a Quick and Easy Chicken Coop
An easy chicken coop. Is there even such a thing? With the plethora of chicken coop plans that are out there, sometimes we just want something simple and easy. A DIY chicken coop is even better especially if you’re on a budget. Make it a chicken tractor, and we’ve got...
Shop Day-Old Baby Chicks
Day-old baby chicks, ducks, geese, turkeys, and other poultry now available for the 2025 season — always with FREE SHIPPING on all full orders of baby birds!