by McMurray Staff | Feb 6, 2019 | Chicken Breeds, Chickens, Featured
February kicks off chick season at the Hatchery and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. We’re feeling festive and highlighting many of the ‘RED’ chicken breeds we love. RHODE ISLAND RED The Rhode Island Red is one of the most famous and...
by McMurray Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | Chicken Eggs, Featured, Gail Damerow, Raising Chickens
Once you start gathering fresh eggs from your flock daily, you may start to notice differences or imperfections in them. As part of our blog series with poultry expert and best-selling author, Gail Damerow, we ask her about a few of the most common egg...
by McMurray Staff | Dec 14, 2018 | Featured, McMurray Hatchery
For over a century, McMurray Hatchery has been at the forefront of the industry — offering the widest variety of rare and exotic poultry breeds in the country. Our founder, Murray McMurray, had always been interested in poultry as a young man and particularly enjoyed...
by McMurray Staff | Dec 6, 2018 | Contests
The 2019 Murray McMurray catalog will be landing in mailboxes late December / early January. We are thankful to be able to feature so many amazing photos submitted by our customers each year, and this year was no exception. Our 2019 catalog will feature full-color...
by McMurray Hatchery Marketing | Oct 25, 2018 | Chicken Eggs, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles
Pictured above: Candling a 5-day-old egg. The air pocket, veins and chick’s eye are clearly visible at this stage. As a poultry owner with laying hens, at some point you may decide to try your hand at incubating and hatching your own eggs. But, how can you tell...
