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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Demand for chicks that will grow into egg-laying chickens — which jumped at the onset of the pandemic in 2020 — is rapid again as the 2023 […] Skip to content. All Sections.

“It’s not necessarily a chick shortage as there is increased demand,” said Tom Watkins, the president and co-owner of Murray McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa.

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 ...

"People are panic-buying chickens like they did toilet paper," Tom Watkins, the vice president of Murray McMurray Hatchery in Iowa, told the Times. Watkins said his company was sold out of the ...

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 ...