FROM THE DELAWARE TO AMBER STAR. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO TAKE ON CHICKENS, THIS IS AN AND KONA AND IT’S PRETTY RARE. MARY MCMURRY HATCHERY IN WEBSTER CITY PROBABLY HAS WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR. WE HAVE ...

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa — Nothing heralds spring on the farm as the sound of baby chicks does. The peeping chorus at Murray McMurray Hatchery is amplified by the thousands. Each Friday is a red letter day.

When Sheila and David Hendrickson ordered a few dozen chicks through a mail-order poultry catalog, they weren't sure what to expect. They prepared their backyard chicken coop, and knew the date the ...

The weeks leading up to Easter are typically busy for chicken hatcheries, but demand for chicks this spring has far exceeded normal volumes. Hatcheries are scrambling to keep up with orders. Meghan ...

Portrait of Plymouth Rock Chicken (Barred Rock hen) on the farm. Photography of nature and wildlife. In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcasts: Tom Watkins from Murray McMurray ...

EUGENE, Ore. — The weeks leading up to Easter are always the busiest for chicken hatcheries, but this spring, chicks are nearly impossible to find as sales spike during the COVID-19 lockdown. “Sales ...