FROM THE DELAWARE TO AMBER STAR. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO TAKE ON CHICKENS, THIS IS AN AND KONA AND IT’S PRETTY RARE. MARY MCMURRY HATCHERY IN WEBSTER CITY PROBABLY HAS WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR. WE HAVE ...

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. First-time Tesla ...

Portrait of Plymouth Rock Chicken (Barred Rock hen) on the farm. Photography of nature and wildlife. In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends podcasts: Tom Watkins from Murray McMurray ...

The weeks leading up to Easter are typically busy for chicken hatcheries, but demand for chicks this spring has far exceeded normal volumes. Hatcheries are scrambling to keep up with orders. Meghan ...

EUGENE, Ore. — The weeks leading up to Easter are always the busiest for chicken hatcheries, but this spring, chicks are nearly impossible to find as sales spike during the COVID-19 lockdown. “Sales ...

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa - Nothing heralds spring on the farm as the sound of baby chicks does. The peeping chorus at Murray McMurray Hatchery is amplified by the thousands. Each Friday is a red letter day.

Some Iowans own just one chicken, while the state’s large operations may house thousands of the birds, and for everyone in between, there’s what’s being called Murray Fest Midwest. Coordinator Tom ...

Which shortage came first: the chicks or the eggs? Spooked by a huge spike in egg prices, some consumers are taking steps to secure their own future supply. Demand for chicks that will grow into ...

People are snapping up chickens that are “heavy layers” in response to egg inflation. The chick situation holds lessons about the broader economy. A chicken breeding farm in Missouri.Credit...Neeta ...