Murray Mcmurray Hatchery

poodlechicks said:

@Ol Grey Mare , sorry about your SS. Hope you find SS breeders. I've been looking for local English Orpington breeders myself for a while, but I do want to enjoy raising baby chicks again, so I resorted to the hatchery in the hopes I don't get any roosters

I am a little nervous about receiving day-olds in the mail. It's going to be the first time for me.

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I'm chalking it up to a bad batch - the rest of the chicks have been beyond healthy - ended up with 2 of the SS out of 8 making it. I've really not had any different luck between having chicks shipped directly to me vs. purchasing from a breeder. This was my first direct order for me personally, but have received many orders as a retailer.

Jensownzoo said:

I lost all of the SS in my shipment too from a different hatchery. I wonder if they just don't tolerate being shipped early in the season as well as other breeds?

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The folks at MMcM said that as a breed their SS tend to be smaller and more fragile than the other breeds, but since this is my first go 'round with the breed I don't know if that is an accurate generalization or not. The thing really saving me from being totally heartbroken is that we probably won't be keeping this flock anyway so I can look forward to starting over with more SS next year once we have moved and settled (hopefully).

Ol Grey Mare said:

I'm chalking it up to a bad batch - the rest of the chicks have been beyond healthy - ended up with 2 of the SS out of 8 making it. I've really not had any different luck between having chicks shipped directly to me vs. purchasing from a breeder. This was my first direct order for me personally, but have received many orders as a retailer.

The folks at MMcM said that as a breed their SS tend to be smaller and more fragile than the other breeds, but since this is my first go 'round with the breed I don't know if that is an accurate generalization or not. The thing really saving me from being totally heartbroken is that we probably won't be keeping this flock anyway so I can look forward to starting over with more SS next year once we have moved and settled (hopefully).

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Is SS Speckled Sussex? Just making sure...

austrolover1 said:

Is SS Speckled Sussex? Just making sure...

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Yep

Thanks... so I will probably order less of those when I order them. Just in case.

Anyone know Murray McMurray Hatchery's NPIP #? I got my chicks from the grain store and they didn't have it handy but mentioned the chicks came from them. I'd appreciate it! Makes keeping track of NPIP stuff a bit of a challenge.

I believe it's NPIP 42-11.

I don't know...