First Hatch Day of 2020 at Murray McMurray Hatchery

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

I love the lavender orpingtons. I have about 5 now and hatching more now. First hatch ever and can't wait. So much fun to watch all those chicks vibrant and so full of life. Thanks for sharing!

[@danieltolliver5701]

I've ordered chicks from you guys several times in the past and I've always been very pleased with your professional care. Customer service is second to none.

[@gregspikes3195]

Professional care ??? the way hes grabbing them probably breaking their necks little babys

[@lindamyers1386]

I have been very satisfied with every single order of chicks from this hatchery. I'm loving watching you count. So cute.

[@kristivaughan3839]

I got my assortment last week and I love everyone. Sweet babies.

[@wordswritteninred7171]

I just received two light brahmas from you guys, and they are completely yellow???? But not complaining. Your customer service is above and beyond!

[@belindamccook8427]

Mine come next week....can’t wait....65 of them, love chickens, like little puppies

[@ashleysdoss]

Thanks for a job well done!!! From the first time I've used your family owned hatchery till now, I've been exceptionally pleased. I've tried other hatcheries, but this has been the best!

[@jpp9876]

It is amazing how tough these little chicks are

[@barbaraamoroso2228]

Best company for chicks! Great service, stand by their word and policy’s. Bought from them over the years! Tried to order this year too but they were sold out already in the breeds I hoped for. Going to keep trying though, they are worth it.

[@Tara-id3rk]

Alaska Customer here! Anxiously awaiting my third chick order from Murray McMurray :) Trying meat chickens for the first time this year, so this may be a regular order now! We have always been happy with our chicks from Murray McMurray! They arrive all the way to Alaska alert and healthy. We have only lost ONE chick from the big shipping journey. Fun to see where our girls come from! :) can’t wait for our June shipment!

[@mellag2122]

Great video! Thanks so much for showing us the process of hatching, packing and shipping chicks. My order will be shipped the week of April 27th. I chose the surprise chick option, hoping I get a rare egg laying breed.

[@mellag2122]

Btw, all the kids are anxiously awaiting their arrival!

[@rosesmith6208]

awww they are so cute and they seem to be a bit rough in handling them, awww cant get enough of these little guys, mine dont come until july, still haveto build their coop but I have the tractor almost done.

[@603nikki]

rose smith very rough! It really bothered me him just grabbing and chucking them like that

[@adammonks591]

They are robust. He didn't hurt them.

[@mikethelin6072]

Baby chicks are very tough and hardy. He did not hurt them at all

[@yunoyukki7344]

@@603nikki remember that hens are very very rough on her babies and most of the time she trample them in a coop and that's why runts always die.

[@603nikki]

I breed and hatch chicks all day long, they are not robust and hardy lol they break their legs and slip their tendons very easy.

[@storms_lair2123]

Thier needs to be a video of the breeding flock and how it's maintained

[@hmoser6416]

My fav hatchery. They ship their babies very carefully unlike others I've received from. They arrive in quality material in appropriate size box for warmth and comfort for them.

[@FolseFarms]

I'm in so. Cal and made an order, I'm hoping it all goes well. I'm anxiously awaiting my chicks in May, fingers crossed.

[@resourcetrio3815]

Wait a minute im happy no ads and a hour long video

[@riccixjean]

My chicks get shipped the week of the 20th and I CANNOT wait!!

[@crystalrachel8669]

I know it's a business, but how do you not fall in love with them all? They're so cute!

[@blasaguirre5180]

Yo opino lo mismo, cuando vi el video, pense, yo no podria venderlos, me quedaria con todos, amor a primera vista.

[@Quvex.]

@@blasaguirre5180 chu papi munenyo

[@Melissa-xo5ov]

My chicks ship out in June🙂 Ughh the wait..

[@Melissa-xo5ov]

Remington Steel I wonder why mine had to take so long 😏 But it’s ok, we were building the coupe in the mean time.

[@geriking516]

I only trust Murray McMurray when I purchase chicks. I have been buying chicks from them for 10 yrs now, Im always happy with my purchase.

[@marleanhunt7653]

oh my there is so much beauty here wow love them all I enjoyed this video lovely

[@stevenjames1951]

Thanks a bunch you just shipped mine today , hoping they live. By the time they arrive here in Arizona

[@stevenjames1951]

Sir my chicks were alive and well when they arrived here in Arizona. I was thinking they were going to jump out of the box when I got home with them. So thanku for everything.

[@cherylangel1714]

@@stevenjames1951 Glad to hear. I ordered some and will get them next week! It's the first time I'm ordering chickens, I have always bought them from the local feed store, but I wanted some for the winter (which the store usually doesn't have). I'm in Wa State, so I hope they don't get too cold :)

[@MichelleBeahm]

This is My week! Got my text yesterday! My order was rescheduled a month later due to the winter storm embargo 2021. White and Partridge Cochins coming my way. Next year I am gonna bird-dog the website for some silver laced!!!

[@veniceitalyvlog]

I love to see chicks from the hatchery, they are really cute.

[@jessalynn2910]

I have chicks set to arrive the week of April 6th from Murray McMurray. This is our 2nd round of chickens. I'm anxiously waiting for their arrival. ❤❤🐔🐔🐔🐔

[@aishaelmi77uze26]

Do they cost anything?

[@Imahappygirl25]

What do you do with all of the eggshells? Seems like they'd be great to use in gardens.

[@mators-creations]

I've bought gold and silver bantams from them in the past and was happy with them and my family's bought from them in the past crazy how many chickens they hatch each year I couldn't do it lmao I'd love to work there and see all the chickens hatch and grow

[@katelutterodt2479]

please handle them with love and gentle and less than 100 in the container for air, thanks anyway

[@maggieogle896]

I have seen older videos of tours and the chicks were being handled a lot more gently. Please be more gentle and not tossing them in and it only takes a second longer and less stressful for them.

[@cookingsherry8784]

@@maggieogle896 Yeah, and that looks like too many chicks in one basket!! It looks like a little one could get trampled and it would be hard to breathe.

[@rhondajheim]

it is hard to watch them hanging in a hand, in the air by a wing. I know this is old stuff and You guys are the Pro's, I respect that. I'm super green, and only had chickens once, years ago. So Yeah, teach me right [smile].

[@seancarvalho8358]

About 2 weeks away from my dozen are here…

[@Zarmiera]

Can you make a video about how you go about choosing the assortments? Specifically the special assorted bargain? I will be getting chicks this fall when the breed I want will be hatching and I'm heavily debating doing an assortment instead!

[@commercialelectrician133]

Great video can you tell me what you do with the shells

[@ziauddin7948]

awesome different breeds newly hatched chicks at Mc Murray hatchery #❤️❤️👍 is this individual in the video who provides chicks information owner Tom Watkins ????

[@turquoiseranch915]

My favorite, the Salmon Faverolles!

[@dorothyryan6539]

I ordered 8 🤭...and suppose to be here tomorrow.

[@shaneseaford4824]

Are going to do videos on ducklings goslings an baby turkeys

[@blakebarfield2298]

Can you do a breeder flock video

[@dac782000]

Cuteness overload!!! Absolutely LOVE it!!!! :D

[@cherylangel1714]

I'm getting some chicks from you guys next week first time I'm ordering them thru the mail. I hope they make the trip okay. :)

[@moonlitphillips]

I noticed some eggs that had pipped but not hatched, what do you do with those? Do you give them more time to finish hatching?

[@ceecee8274]

yea do you give them another day to hatch?? also what do you do with the one tat "isnt good enough" with only one comb?

[@AlexGallegos]

boy, if I find out they're just like the rest of the industry, I will take my continued business elsewhere, and I will spread the word. Sorry I'm negative, but my passion for animal welfare is strong.

[@skywonderly1768]

I tried ordering but sold out so I had to go to a diff hatchery you must be super popular...

[@Scowlingoverlord]

Can’t wait to start my journey next year with chickens

[@timothy2057]

How many breeds of chickens do you have

[@rachel4483]

What is your favorite winter shipping number of chicks? What range of numbers has the best success rate?

[@McMurrayHatchery]

In the colder months of February and March we ship 25 chicks together. Over our many years of experience we have found that they need a certain number of chicks to not only keep each other warm, but also act as cushions for each other during shipping. We also supplement each box with heat packs and extra cardboard lining in the shipping box as needed. It's a balance of warmth but also not letting them get too hot and sweaty as that can be even more harmful to them.

[@Johnrider1234]

Do you have a catalog

[@cpumedic]

Beautiful Peeps, Great job guys!

[@biorinaboutakidou6199]

OMG they are so adorable 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤

[@irenejohnson399]

do you have barred rocks hatched\

[@smallblockchevyman]

man i got about a 50% hatch rate on my first batch of chicken eggs and was feeling pretty crummy about it, feel better now when you started talking about 20% hatch rates. get 70-80% on my quail eggs pretty consistently

[@blasaguirre5180]

Icreible, tendra envios a El Paso Texas? Saludos.

[@McMurrayHatchery]

Sí, enviamos a Texas. ¡Tenemos una nueva persona en nuestro centro telefónico que habla español!

[@blasaguirre5180]

@@McMurrayHatchery Buenos dias podrias darme el numero telefonico para marcarles por favor?

[@McMurrayHatchery]

@@blasaguirre5180 Llámenos al 800.456.3280 y pregunte por nuestro operador de habla español!.

[@cookingsherry8784]

Do you have any black Australorp?

[@phiavang635]

How much each

[@Alexis-w7t]

Wish you sold white and lavender Ameraucanas

[@Moonwolf272000]

why do ya'll gotta be so rough with live babies?

[@Moonwolf272000]

i haven't gotten any from McMurray yet but i rarely have surviving chicks from shipping often half are DOA and then all but one or two die by the "safe age" as i call it now. and that's of chicks i got from Cackle Hatchery and John Blehm. in a way i end up with one or two out of $50-$200 worth of chicks. and it's heartbreaching and i gotta wonder if the handling like this is the cause.

[@McMurrayHatchery]

I know it can look rough from a video but I can assure you our team takes the utmost care with our flock and chicks. As for your losses it can be a variety of issues. Obviously I can't speak to your situation but here are some things that can affect them: strength and viability of the chick/flock, weather, handling, delay in shipping, issues in a brooder, accidents, failure to thrive, unknown development issues, nutrition and water, etc. The list goes on. If you'd like to discuss further, you can PM me over on our Facebook page. We don't monitor these threads as often as we do there.

[@Moonwolf272000]

@@McMurrayHatchery i've never bought from you guys and that happened so long back you can't help with that. i bought those chicks i lost from cackle hatchery but hope to switch to you guys when i get my move done.

[@vickivarnadoe6323]

I'm so excited about my order! I can't wait to see my baby chicks!

[@sankaridevidasi]

My black brahma chicks arrived well and healthy

[@stevhanhughes673]

A question for you guys.....what happens when a 'double yolk-er' is used in an incubator? Do the chicks live or do they have any viability at all? We were just wondering about that. I loved that video, very informative and the sound of all the babies was great. We got baby chicks and geese from you folks many times years ago, all our flocks were very good producers, and I can't tell you how many times we had to go out and shoo the geese away so company could come in, it still brings a broad smile to my face..... Thank You for the memories.

[@Heartofitall9691]

The yolk feeds the chicks, it doesn't turn into a chick. Fun fact, you can eat fertilized eggs as long as you haven't left the eggs under a broody hen!!

[@d.d.f.2021]

Do you feed and water them at all?

[@elisabethbednarczyk2139]

They don’t need to eat or drink for the first 72 hours (which he said). They are shipped prior to needing food and water.

[@davidhypes5228]

Update: I picked up my chicks on April 8th at our local post office. Got them home and opened the box.......9 of 16 were dead and trampled. Talk about traumatizing! Another one died that night and another the next day. So very sad and disappointed. Apparently, they had a really rough trip. McMurray offered to send me new chicks, but I couldn’t handle the stress of that again so they refunded my $. I know that most are very successfully shipped, but my experience has me vowing to never order again! Original post: Mine are supposed to be hatched on April 6th! My first time ordering chicks and am very excited about getting them. A little nervous too though!

[@KEVINGONZALEZ-fy6gr]

Would love to work there at ur hatchery 😊

[@cookingsherry8784]

How long before they get food and water?? Man, that's a lot of chicks!

[@richardbmtara]

can you send fertile eggs to parrent stock in Indonesia Sir?

[@Hatchingchicks]

This os really cool because I just yesterday I hatched 14 chicks

[@christinevian7198]

So very interesting......and so many different kinds......and very beautiful

[@ianbell2288]

It would be great to see where the fertile eggs come from. Do you breed yourselves, buy them in to hatch?

[@McMurrayHatchery]

All of the fertile hatching eggs we sell are the same eggs we collect from our flock and use for our hatching. We'll add that to our list of video subjects!

[@ianbell2288]

@@McMurrayHatchery Wow,!! -Really?...gosh you must have to keep/feed thousands of birds!! How many birds do you keep may i ask? (wow, you sell for a great price considering how many birds you must feed.....organically too im guessing? )

[@McMurrayHatchery]

@@ianbell2288 Well we have over 100 breeds of chickens. Some breeds are larger flocks like our Whitings where we have our 'breeders' and their 'parent flock'. Others like our bantams we have very small numbers. So, you can imagine, it's hard to say!

[@ianbell2288]

@@McMurrayHatchery Thanks for the reply. Either way your number one, and anyone with eyes to see can see why. All the best.

[@tahirazmat5270]

what's about rir chicks

[@bsalightning69]

I was wondering what the percentage of ones that don't hatch? That's a lot of egg shells!

[@britanydavis8365]

What would you recomend for a small backyard flock? We want high egg yield but we want one to be broody so we can raise our own .

[@predatorfishlover5033]

I would recommend black australorp chicken breed. I've had them for a few years, they were so friendly, easy to catch, and they were awesome egg layers. Just get a few, don't get too many, trust me, although you only have like 5 or 6 but you take a good care of them, they will give you excellent rewards. I'm sure you wouldn't regret getting black australorp.

[@britanydavis8365]

@@predatorfishlover5033 that was one on my list. How many years do they produce good quantities of eggs? I know hens slow down eventually.

[@TestAccount-fw6nk]

There is a lot of good information about breeds on their site: www.mcmurrayhatchery.com

[@rosamariaaguilar1645]

how can I do to buy some ????what's the process

[@ianbell2288]

Great vid, but why filmed on 360?

[@McMurrayHatchery]

This is a recording of a Facebook Live video.

[@ianbell2288]

Aha, thank you.

[@Johnrider1234]

We are in Ontario canada 🇨🇦. Can we get chicks from you.

[@tracyj7177]

That's alot of babies! =)

[@suzannemcnulty5579]

I have just started and hatching chicks. I see many unhatched eggs. Please can you let me know if you give them more time to hatch or do you dispose of them? I see others have asked the same question with no response! I have around 50 sweethearts from newly hatched Ayam Cemani’s to intermediate birds and 5 fully grown birds and their Ayam Rooster! I handle them all and love them! Please make a video as to what happens to the unhatched or injured babies. With much respect 👍

[@McMurrayHatchery]

Because we raise and hatch mostly rare breeds, each breed has a different hatch rate - which helps explain why they are rare breeds. As they hatch, they need to stay in the hatcher until they are dry which can take several hours. By the time we pull the chicks and they are all dried out and ready for shipping, it's pretty obvious if the others are not going to hatch at that point. We take great care to ensure the highest hatchability for all of our breeds, but nature sometimes has another plan. Any who don't hatch right are humanely put to sleep.

[@suzannemcnulty5579]

Murray McMurray Hatchery thank you that’s good to hear! God bless you!

[@batmantherooster]

Where are the chickens that lay the eggs 🥚 can you make a video of the “factory” where the female chickens lay the eggs please. I have 14 chickens and one Cornish 17 pound rooster 🐓 named Moses.

[@turquoiseranch915]

Beautiful chicks 🐣🐣🐣

[@dnap4580]

Wow that guy just throws them around smh

[@mynuttyfamilyadventures]

There all sooooo cute!!

[@CopperKettleFarms]

Send me all the Americaunas plz!

[@biorinaboutakidou6199]

OMG 70.000 you have 😧😧😧😧😧😳😳😳😳😳😲😲😲😲😲

[@angelawheeler7825]

Please be careful and don't hurt them

[@sandib4234]

COOL!!!

[@noahjelinek2837]

Yay!

[@alejandrodeleon8552]

Que bonitos lastima que no envían a México saludos

[@mustaphatanimu]

Why some chicks closing their eyes

[@elisabethbednarczyk2139]

Because baby birds like all babies need to sleep a lot.

[@orlandoorozco2592]

Huching, video, 2023!?

[@Spotlight51]

Did not follow biosecurity SOP

[@ggbrock1244]

Sure wish could hear you. The sounds really low. All i can hear is the lovely cheep,cheep,cheep

[@sueashworth560]

He was just throwing the chicks in the basket squeezing them in.

[@storms_lair2123]

They look so dry my chicks stay wet for like 7 hours after hatching

[@Miss65boo]

These chicks hatched the day before, otherwise they would also appear wet. They were just removed from the incubator.

[@dorotheahamilton-john562]

very sad about the way he is handling the chicks. I realize that its a business, but wow!

[@ColinRH]

Dorothea Hamilton-John not to start anything but how do you think the broody hen treats them(it’s way harsher)

[@tinajackman8252]

Have you ever seen how chickens handle their chicks? I guess you would say they aRe bad mothers then.

[@buckstarchaser2376]

Popcorn chicken.

[@kathrync5640]

how old do they have to be before you can sex them. Its illegal where I live to have roosters.

[@lahesmuda7356]

Delicious!!!!

[@maurocastillo876]

El trata mal alos animalitos los trata como que fuera basura es cierto que es para negocio pero son animalitos que cienten todo lo que hacen con ellos muy mal video y da pena que traten mal alos animalitos

[@kirankumarkumar2876]

Vyfg9

[@lindabelveal2707]

Do you hacth quail can you play me a video

[@iBelvga]

2nd!

[@Layla_123-z2t]

Be gentle

[@thorodin6686]

Wish mccmurray would have took time to sex my chicken correctly! I ordered 9 pullets and got 2 whiting true blue males so I won’t know how they lay since rest I ordered were traditional breeds! Mccmurray only will give me 1 chick credit

[@dianavigoren927]

I😮😊

[@Layla_123-z2t]

Be careful w the babies

[@shanewinstead6776]

That was probably my cuckoo marans in the box🤣

[@cameliacatalina3150]

a lot of fluffiness