During the hatchery's busiest time of year—the weeks leading up to Easter—the company mails about 200,000 one-day-old chickens a week, McMurray said.

From the Delaware to Amber Star — if you're looking to take home chickens, Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City probably has what you're looking for with 110 varieties of chicks.

“It’s still cheaper to buy eggs,” notes Tom Watkins of Iowa’s Murray McMurray Hatchery, “than raise chickens for eggs in most cases.” Yet chickens can peck their way into your heart if ...

Around the same time, Iowa-based Murray McMurray Hatchery was receiving 5,000 orders a week, a significant increase compared with the business’s typical weekly average of 1,000 to about 1,500 ...

On a given morning, tens of thousands of chicks hatch from their warm ivory shells under the glow of artificial incubators at Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa.

Here in the rolling hills of central Iowa, feathers are flying in a high-stakes dispute involving giant Northwest Airlines, the U.S. Postal Service and the not-at-all-giant Murray McMurray Hatchery.

It's a scramble to fill orders at Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa, where chicks are in high demand from customers who want egg-laying hens. Elaine Quijano has more.

Raising chickens for eggs takes time and upfront investment. Brown-egg-layer chicks at McMurray’s cost roughly $4 a piece, and coops can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars to construct ...

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In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcasts: Tom Watkins from Murray McMurray Hatchery talks about determining how many chickens you should buy to fit your needs, and how to select ...

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. 6 months just $2!