by McMurray Staff | Jul 16, 2025 | Gail Damerow, Guest Articles, Guinea Fowl, Interviews, Other Fowl
Guinea fowl are notorious for wandering away from home and never coming back. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her for tips on how to keep guineas home. Why are guineas so difficult to keep home? Usually...
by McMurray Staff | Jul 1, 2025 | Backyard Poultry, Featured, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles, Guinea Fowl, Other Fowl
Most poultry keepers know how to raise chicks in a brooder. But brooding guinea keets is a little different from brooding chicks. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her to explain how to brood guinea...
by Janet Garman | Mar 25, 2024 | Janet Garman, Turkeys
The Midget White turkey breed was new to me last season. I had never heard of them at all before spying them in Murray McMurray’s annual catalog last year. In fact, I wasn’t even sure that I wanted to try raising turkeys again after the first time. Years ago, when we...
by McMurray Staff | Sep 1, 2023 | Chicken Breeds, Heritage Breeds, McMurray Hatchery, News Coverage, Turkeys, Waterfowl
Murray McMurray Hatchery® is dedicated to preserving rare and endangered Heritage poultry breeds. Today, several of our flocks stand as the only viable established lines left in the United States for a number of rare and critically endangered breeds. It is our honor...
by Cassidy Cornell | Jul 13, 2022 | Backyard Chickens, Cassidy Cornell, Other Fowl, Quail
While many say that chickens are the gateway animal for homesteading, Coturnix quail are the birds that opened my eyes to the joy of backyard animal husbandry. I first learned about this breed of quail from my aunt and uncle, who kept a small covey as layers, and...
by Janet Garman | Jul 12, 2022 | Education, Homesteading, Janet Garman, Turkeys
Are you interested in knowing more about how to brood and raise turkey poults? If you are interested in raising turkeys on your homestead or farm, you will want to know the best tips for raising strong, healthy poults. Turkeys can be both a sustainable meat solution...
