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Starting Our 2019 Flock (Video)

by McMurray Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Baby Chicks, McMurray Hatchery Videos, Raising Chickens

Each year, when Summer turns to Fall, our team at McMurray Hatchery begins the annual process to hatch and raise our breeder flock for the following season. We hatch and ship day-old, baby chicks from January through October each year. It takes between 18 and 22 weeks...
4-H Broiler Project Compares Two Top Broiler Breeds

4-H Broiler Project Compares Two Top Broiler Breeds

by McMurray Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Chicken Breeds, McMurray Hatchery Customer Stories

For many years, McMurray Hatchery has been a proud supporter of 4-H projects across the country. Each Spring 4-H’ers across the country order their day-old baby chicks from our hatchery and raise them for projects or to show at their county and state fairs. This year,...
Gail Damerow Discusses Prolapse and Egg Binding in Laying Hens

Gail Damerow Discusses Prolapse and Egg Binding in Laying Hens

by McMurray Staff | Aug 23, 2018 | Chicken Eggs, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles, Interviews

Photo by Robert W. Miller, 2018 McMurray Hatchery Spring is in the Air photo contest. Raising and keeping a flock of laying hens can be very rewarding once you start gathering colorful fresh eggs daily. But, when complications arise, such as prolapse or an egg-bound...
McMurray Hatchery Facebook Live: Tom Watkins’ Home Coops and Flock

McMurray Hatchery Facebook Live: Tom Watkins’ Home Coops and Flock

by McMurray Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | McMurray Hatchery, McMurray Hatchery Videos, Raising Chickens

In this episode of McMurray Hatchery Live, our Vice President Tom Watkins shows viewers his own backyard coops and shares how he takes care of his own flock of chickens and ducks. Tom’s flock includes Whiting True Greens, Whiting True Blues, Red Stars,...
Gail Damerow Discusses a Hen’s Laying Cycles and Life Span

Gail Damerow Discusses a Hen’s Laying Cycles and Life Span

by McMurray Staff | Aug 2, 2018 | Chicken Eggs, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles, Interviews

Pictured above: Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Red Star, and Pearl White Leghorn. Photo by CJ Zuppan, 2018 McMurray Hatchery Spring is in the Air photo contest. When you raise chicks to start a laying flock, it may seem to take forever before you see their first...
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