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.

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.

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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.

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.

Chicks in a Murray McMurray Hatchery shipping box. The weeks leading up to Easter are typically busy for chicken hatcheries, but demand for chicks this spring has far exceeded normal volumes ...

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.

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 ...

The staff at Murray McMurray Hatchery is exhausted. The family-run business, based in Webster City, Iowa, sells rare chicken breeds, mostly to backyard farmers who raise them for eggs or to ...