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 | Jul 22, 2010 | Patricia Foreman
by Patricia Foreman [This is the second in a series of chicken care articles by guest author Patricia Foreman. If you missed her first article, you can view it here: The Chicken Have-More Plan] Keeping backyard chickens is part of the urban farming movement. Family...
by McMurray Staff | Jul 9, 2010 | Patricia Foreman
by Patricia Foreman [This is the first in a series of chicken care articles by guest author Patricia Foreman.] In 1917, a few years before the Great Depression, Murray McMurray expanded his poultry hobby and love for chickens to found The McMurray Hatchery. His...
by McMurray Staff | Jun 1, 2010 | Guest Articles
by Andy Schneider (the Chicken Whisperer) There are many advantages of keeping a backyard flock of chickens, and you no longer have to live on a farm to benefit from these advantages. For starters, backyard chickens can provide your family with fresh nutritious eggs....