the U.S. Postal Service and the not-at-all-giant Murray McMurray Hatchery. The hatchery’s existence may well hang in the balance. McMurray’s is the nation’s biggest, oldest provider of ...

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. Marjorie Taylor ...

The peeping chorus at Murray McMurray Hatchery is amplified by the thousands. Each Friday is a red letter day. Fifty workers begin the task of preparing chicks for mailing. It's often midnight ...

IN WEBSTER CITY, NICOLE TA 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 ...

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. These chicks will ...

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.

"If you have a zip code, we can get them there," said Murray McMurray, owner of the McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, Iowa. "That's the advantage we have. The U.S. Postal Service will carry our ...

Murray McMurray Hatchery emailed saying the chicks shipped on Saturday — six days before the Home and Garden Show. They could arrive Monday, but more likely Tuesday, and even possibly Wednesday.

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 ...

Photography of nature and wildlife. 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 ...