Murray Mcmurray!

[ldutch123]

I just received an order from this hatchery and already had 2 die aft 3 days. I imagine that's just part of the shipping process. I'm really worried about the rest of my chicks. They r just pets abut I don't want mean roosters or birds that r sickly. I have silkies and other bantams and assorted polish that I ordered. I really hope all goes well with them.

 

[DCasper]

Has anyone requested a catolog? I just received mine and with their reputation...I am going to place an order.

 

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Murray is a great place to order chickens from. I have never had a problem and I have some beautiful chickens.

 

[lolita117]

I ordered the Brown Egg Layers special last summer with a ship date of June 20th. ALL chicks arrived healthy and alive. I haven't lost a chick from this bunch to date except for 4 to dogs. They are awesome birds.
This was taken 5 minutes after I got them.

Here's some pictures of them over just the last couple of weeks:

 

[Fourgirlsoneboy]

Got 27 chicks from MM yesterday, and 17 were DOA, 3 died within an hour of us being home, 2 died last night. I'm not sure if any of the last 5 will live, but I only really needed 4 male dorkings and of course they are among the casualties. VERY traumatizing to my kids (really, myself also), we have hatched over 1,000 chicks- so its not ignorance on our part. My guess is the cold- I'd really like another shipment when I call later, but I CAN NOT have that happen again. Of course on occasion I've had a chick die, but I've never seen anything like that . I'll update later what happens.

 

[thasista]

I have had two orders from McMurray in the past two weeks shipped. First shipment all dead. The mail took 5 days to get them here. They sent me a replacement order this past Sunday and guess what? Still not here so will all be dead. I spoke to them today and they said they are having a problem with shipping to KY, SC, and LA for some reason. The President of the company was getting involved and doing something, although I don't know what. I am pretty disappointed because I wanted these chicks at this time, not the end of the month. I have cancelled my order.

In November, I ordered from McMurray and have had great success with these chickens. I guess the postal service is not doing so well these days.

McMurray said when the weather is warmer they put the chicks on a truck and send them that way to KY. I'll wait for warmer weather and the truck. The customer service was great, but I still wanted my chicks.

I got an order of geese from Ideal hatchery two weeks ago and they arrived in 2 days. I ordered another batch on their weekly special. They were supposed to go out the 15th, but I got a personal call from them Monday saying they were being mailed early and was that ok with me? I have liked what I have seen so far.

 

[rwalz]

i have been trying to find you,Bo gave me your name but that was all he knew. I live in french settlement and I raise LF cochins. I want to know what you have in cochins. The LF's are hard to find. Bo Garrett told me that you live near me and he said that you had some nice cochins at the show. Please email [email protected] .

 

[ssellis]

There is a video on you tube of Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs visiting McMurry Very enlightning. no wonder chicks die.its not from the mail, its from mishandling by them.

 

[Shanghai1893]

I got my 26 White Langshan chicks + 1 free rare chick ( looks to be a Dominique) last sunday. They were hatched Friday at 5:00 PM, were shipped on Saturday and I received them 5:00 AM Sunday morning. All 27 were very healthy on arrival home with no dead chicks. All 27 chicks are still doing great and I am very happy with Murray McMurray Hatchery! It is very sad to hear about all the dead chicks from hatcheries

. I guess I am very lucky in my 30+ years of ordering chicks as I have never had no more than 2 or 3 DOA.

 

[chickenhawk1982]

@tec27, I'm sorry to hear that your not happy with Mcmurray Hatchery. But please do not miss inform anyone about there quality they have very nice birds and I have always been happy with them. I always laugh at people when they say (OH I HATE HATCHERY BIRDS) that is a load of B.S. where do you people think Mcmurray or anyother hatchery gets there birds from? Um let me answer that for you CHICKEN FARMERS! the same ones that sell you birds locally only on a much higher scale. With all birds and I mean (ALL CHICKENS) you will have culls in the flock which are not good for breeding. But you will have some that are great for breeding that come from hatchery's. I just don't understand where people get there info form hatchery chickens are NOT CLONES PEOPLE! and there not bad quality either like all chickens some look better than others. I raise BLRW and Dan Powell Gold and Buff Laced Brahmas which sell for about$100-200 dollars for 1 day old unsexed chick! and even in these breeds you have culls. Just like some people may be ugly as sin and have the most beatiful child in the world it happens it life. But please people stop down talking these hatcherys just because you have had bad experiances in the past. If your chicks died it's because they got (CHILLED) 90% of the reason all chicks die! Chicks need to be under costant heat 95-100 degees the first week. What temp do you think they stay at traveling for days in a truck and threw post office to post office I can 100% assure you that it's not a constant 95-100 degees infact much lower. I know first hand how it feels to loss chicks trust me I've lost several but it's from getting cold during shipping. The reason why Breeders like myself have such good live ratio's is because our chicks go straight from the hatcher to the brooder which both are set at 90-100 degrees. Please people do a little more research before giving newbie's bad advise. I have seen several people on this forum doing that and personally I joined to help people not give wrong or bad advise to others. But if thats what your want to do there is a Rant/Rambling forum posted on here aswell. I will be posting pics of my Murray Mcmurray Hens and Pullets which I'm very pleased with. And for the record I have been to tons of poultry shows and I have seen uglier chickens than hatchery win 1st place. I have also seen hatchery chickens win shows. So those of you who say there not (SHOW QUALITY) remember that's your opinion other may think differently. Thanks for everyones time and I really hope you enjoy this post.