The McMurray Hatchery thread 🐣🐤🐥

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Hi everyone! I ordered 2 batches of chicks from McMurray Hatchery and they came this past week and the week before. They all arrived happy and healthy and I definitely recommend them to anyone who is looking to get chicks, beginners or experts. They have a pretty good selection of breeds, and add new breeds every now and then. They have really good quality birds and they are very healthy. Out of 2 shipments (orders) and 32 birds we only had 1 DOA (which was a polish).
I have lots of pictures to post and hope you can post pictures and stories of your birds from McMurray Hatchery.
-ChickenWhisperer101

Here are a few collages that I made, I will post more soon!
I have 5 ameraucanas, but don’t have a collage of the 5th one yet.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I ordered this year.

3 female silver leghorns
3 female red leghorns
4 female white orpingtons
2 male white Orpingtons
2 female rose comb brown leghorns
2 female buff laced polish

Lost 2 reds within 48 hours, the 3rd is a failure to thrive, and looks 4 weeks old at 8 weeks, but is healthy otherwise. 1 silver had a foot problem and almost had to be culled, but now walks fine with some broken toes. Lost a polish at about 4 weeks for an unknown reason, just wasnt doing great one evening and was dead the next. The orpinhtons are bloody crazy.

Everyone was sexed right so far though

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I ordered this year.

3 female silver leghorns
3 female red leghorns
4 female white orpingtons
2 male white Orpingtons
2 female rose comb brown leghorns
2 female buff laced polish

Lost 2 reds within 48 hours, the 3rd is a failure to thrive, and looks 4 weeks old at 8 weeks, but is healthy otherwise. 1 silver had a foot problem and almost had to be culled, but now walks fine with some broken toes. Lost a polish at about 4 weeks for an unknown reason, just wasnt doing great one evening and was dead the next. The orpinhtons are bloody crazy.

Everyone was sexed right so far though

Hmmmm, that’s odd. Sorry you had to deal with all of that.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ehh, all part of ordering. The ones that are still around (apart from the red and the Orpingtons) are some of my favorites

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Here are some more chicks...

My golden and silver polish (Lucy and Ethel)

My Male and female Bielefelder (the male was a surprise chick)
One of my 4 female Bielefelders

My male Bielefelder surprise chick- Need name ideas!!!

One of my 3 welsummers (Cricket)
(Don’t mind that she’s all dirty, she’s was taking a dust bath)


18 (or close to that) of my chicks all together in half of their brooder.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

And there are still more.......
Lol

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

I think I got 32 from McMurray but one passed so I’m pretty sure I have 31 from McMurray, 10 bantams from Ideal and 2 geese from Metzer.
Wow! I’m realizing this is A LOT of birds!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hi everyone! I ordered 2 batches of chicks from McMurray Hatchery and they came this past week and the week before. They all arrived happy and healthy and I definitely recommend them to anyone who is looking to get chicks, beginners or experts. They have a pretty good selection of breeds, and add new breeds every now and then. They have really good quality birds and they are very healthy. Out of 2 shipments (orders) and 32 birds we only had 1 DOA (which was a polish).
I have lots of pictures to post and hope you can post pictures and stories of your birds from McMurray Hatchery.
-ChickenWhisperer101

Here are a few collages that I made, I will post more soon! View attachment 2715868View attachment 2715869View attachment 2715870View attachment 2715871
I have 5 ameraucanas, but don’t have a collage of the 5th one yet.
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At least three of your ameraucanas are actually Easter eggers.

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

At least three of your ameraucanas are actually Easter eggers.

Yeah... I think they all are

 

[Callender Girl]

McMurray Hatchery is about a half hour from where I live, and a friend of mine sometimes works there, which means no minimum number to buy and no shipping cost.

So, this year, I got three Cochin Bantams (2 of which were roos, of course; the girl has terribly crooked toes but gets around fine), a Columbian Wyandotte and a Bielefelder -- both girls.

Aside from Maxie's toes, everyone is perfectly well and thriving. I have three older McMurray girls I got from a friend who was getting out of chickens. Those two Cochin Bantam girls and the Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte are three or four years old now and doing well.

The vet who sees my chickens (and whom I practically worship out of gratitude that anyone will see my poultry) got 30 chicks from McMurray this year. She knew someone who worked there, and she said there was apparently an oversupply of chicks at one point, so they sold assorted "mystery" breed chicks for $1 each. You gotta love a vet who falls victim to chicken math, don't you?