Starting Chicks for a New Season | McMurray Hatchery
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- It's time to start our flock for next season. These chicks will grow up to be our parent flock for next year, laying the eggs we hatch and ship to our customers as day-old baby chicks. In this video, take a look inside our chick brooder room at our new barn with McMurray Hatchery owner Tom Watkins. McMurray Hatchery is a family-owned business and we have been raising and caring for our own parent flocks, and hatching day-old baby chicks for over a century.
I like that you guys are hands on with your birds. I ordered 10 golden laced wyandottes for my 10 by 40 ft chicken coop. I can't wait for them to get here!
i hatched 21 in 🇳🇴last days🤩3 breeds
moist damp towel/w-tip for pasty butt, don’t peel, they safe. can rip😱
That's a good name for a business. Chicken Butt Farmer! LoL
beautiful Brahma , Americana & other breeds chicks #❤️🇵🇰
That's a cool setup. It is evident that McMurray is dedicated to taking great care of their birds, which are of excellent quality.
On a side note, I've been super pleased with my chickens from McMurray. Ordered my first batch of 25 this year, which shipped at the very end of February. All but one survived, and the remaining birds are thriving and laying eggs like crazy. I couldn't be more pleased, and will be sure to buy from McMurray again.
Thanks! Glad to hear your birds are doing well!
You must love going to to your job every day!
Mine were shipped yesterday, and are supposed to arrive at my p.o Friday. Fingers crossed for a safe trip.
I received them a day early(Thursday). All alive, no pasty butt. Lol.
Clean a chicken butt and drink coffee lol. Same when I worked at a dairy farm..the crap would literally hit the fan..wipe your face with your sleeve then take a drink and carry on 😄
Enjoy your videos!
The chicks I bought from you will be 3 months old in a week. Absolutely beautiful healthy pullets and a handsome free cockerel :) Out of 16 chicks, I only lost one in the first week. Highly recommend your hatchery and I look forward to ordering more next spring.
I just received my order of the cutest chicks EVER! They are AWESOME! Thanks so much for all you do to bring the best chicks to your customers!
Awesome! Thank you!
I would L O V E to do what you do :) when I had chickens I use to sit and talk to them and pet them. they usually came sat in my lap and talked to me. It was so nice. Only about 50 adult birds who wanted some lovin :P
Just got my new chicks..so happy..thank you for have great chicks..( repeat customer for 15 years)
Great video and great chicks! We’re never disappointed
I love watching those sweet little birds!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Country Girl Grit watching from South Carolina. My easter eggers from you are on the incubator. I am very satisfied with the service and information you provide.
Love the way you take care of them ☺️💕
Love this! Music to my ears!
What a lot of birds! I can tell you care about them.
Received my 15+1 two and 1/2 weeks ago. All are super active and very chatty. Great company.
I used to read catalogues from you guys---keep up the good work!
I hope mine have a good trip to me. They are hatched and sent to me next week! I'm so excited.
We ordered a box of 25 meat bird's from you this late summer and went with the recommended vaccine's and everyone of them are doing excellent. Not one loss. Thank you for your quality product.
That is awesome!
Your pretty good at identifying chick breeds
I can't wait to plac my order!!
So cute I'm going to have my dad order some more
I'm in Georgia. I work for a commercial chicken hatchery. I did work for the processing plant so that I could learn the processing part of the industry. I like the hatchery part better. I have a very small incubator, only 54 eggs. I have a small farm call Rod and Staff Farm, we also start a CZcams channel. We have chickens, ducks, turkeys, bees, and Jacob sheep. We are currently on day two on incubating eight duck eggs and 16 chicken eggs. Most of our birds that we've hatched are mixes. Our hens and roosters are pure but everyone runs together. I know the commercial meat part. At about 25 or 26 weeks we pull the eggs to incubate. At about 54 weeks we sell the hens and roosters and get new birds for laying. Is this the same time for your side of the industry?
Nice chekin pultry
Very informative, thanks for sharing! Just subscribed :)
Thanks for the sub!
I was gonna ask how you tell them apart, ty for explaining
Maybe I'm too cautious with my birds, but I would NEVER crawl around on my hands and knees in a chicken coop/brooder space, lol. And then he's handling the lid of the coffee cup afterwards. Again, maybe I'm too cautious, but still
I would love to end up with some layers for the eggs. Should I incubate or buy live chicks? Tell me how to order.
I have a question do you guys have silkies now
It's about time ya'll put out another video! LOL! I have a question? What season will you be having chicks (Straight run, Male, Females) available for the Blue Whitings (which I'm really wanting) or Easter Eggers again?
You can usually catch us on a live video over on Facebook each Monday. We're going to be doing more here too. :) Whiting True Blues will be back next season, and the Greens. We had many breeds sell out this year due to the demand during the pandemic. Seems everyone is raising chickens now! We will open up pre-ordering for our 2021 chicks in November, and will start shipping 2021 chicks in February.
@@McMurrayHatchery Thank you for answering back to me! I didn't know you were on FB Monday nights! That's good to know! And I understand about the shortages and demands for the chickens! I have to give you a BBIIGG BIG THANK YOU! , for staying afloat, staying strong and doing all you and your employees do to provide us all High Quality poultry! You are a blessing more than you know!
That's great to hear, thanks. We're usually on late morning or mid-day on Mondays on Facebook (central time). Say hi if you're on when we're live!
@@McMurrayHatchery I will!
Tried to buy some blue laced red wyandottes from you guys yesterday but they where all sold out. :(
I ordered last December for mine around this month supposed to ship today 8/8 we will see fingers crossed. But yea order 4-5 months in advance
Do you have any blue laced red wyendotts
That is one of our best sellers.
At what age should my chickens start laying eggs? I bought my chicks from you and got them July 17th.
prolly after 6 months
Do you use an additive to their water?
When starting chicks we do use our Quik Chik. It's our own vitamin and electrolyte solution that helps give chicks a boost at the start. It can also be used for adult hens during molting or other times of stress like moving, etc.
You guys plan on doing Barnvelders in the future?
I'll add that to our list of breeds to look at. We usually add a few each year.
@@McMurrayHatchery That'd be awesome. They are a good alternative to Wyandotte's, not quite as lacey but still pretty patterned and ours lays in the winter pretty well, about every other day.
How do I tell what my mystery chick is and if it is a hen or rooster.
Roosters usually go away from the light. They have a higher temp.
Have been trying to place an order with different type of chicks but is not letting me 🙁🙁
If you need help with an order, you can always give us a call at 800.456.3280 M-F.
What do you so with last year's breeders?'
As we cycle out our breeders we sell them to a local buyer.
When are u going to have the gentle giants Brahma chicks ??? I'd love to buy some of the Black N white one's
The Brahma chicks for this year are on our site now.
@@McMurrayHatchery how much is it for 15 ,2 males N 13 females. But do u have brown N white ones of those Brahma's
I some how got a Antwerp belgium bantam rooster, Call him George Jefferson, he is so cocky, I need a hen or two, for him, when will you have more?
All of our 2021 chicks are on our website now. Bantams ship April-July/August, but note they do sell out early.
Where are you located?
Can you help me please? I’ve had three fails already with another hatchery. I think they sent me old eggs. How do I go about ordering from you?
Mary, visit www.mcmurrayhatchery.com or give us a call at 800.456.3280.
👍 Why aren't the corners blocked off so they don't pile up? I liked watching it but it was hard to hear sometimes because of those little peepers. 🙂 🐥
Yes, the chicks are loud so it's tough to adjust the sound.
Our staff monitors them all day and looks for piling and can add the corners if needed. These are a little older so when we aren't sitting in the room with a camera with them they are running all over.
@@McMurrayHatchery I understand that but people who don't know about raising baby chicks would not know that just by watching the video. 🙂
How close to breed standard are the majority of your birds? From a show standpoint!
Just had a conversation with the APA and he reminded me of the rule of 10 - for every ten chicks you'll have one that is what you're looking for. To answer your question, we are continuously working our flocks and selecting for standard. We actually have a poultry judge who is working our flock and doing the selecting. That said, as you know it can take several generations to work on a trait, especially when you have 100+ breeds/varieties. I do have quite a few that I'd recommend raising for show and happy to discuss those with you any time -- just give us a call and ask for marketing.
Do you have Ginny chicks
When will y'all have more chicks available?
Because a lot of the ones I want y'all don't have or you don't have females.
Yea that's what I was thinking
I ordered and used a wrong email now i cant track my order
Give us a call and we can get you a link to your tracking information.
@@McMurrayHatchery will do in the morning
@@McMurrayHatchery they came and i just got a call from the post office next time ill make sure to use the right email
Are you guys having any trouble getting your chicken shipped with the USPS being destroyed by corporate cronies?
Orson Zedd my order was shipped Tuesday, I received them today(Thursday). I live about 900 miles from the hatchery. All in great shape.
We agree the news is concerning, but we have not experienced anything like what has been reported. You might be interested in a live video we did on our Facebook page this week on this subject.
I have ordered a couple batches of chicks/started pullets from you this year, my kids and I are always excited to get the call from the post office! Keep up the great work!
Hi this is Micky with Bonfire Nation. I have recently had the opportunity to get involved with Roku television. I love your video presentation, and was wondering if you may be interested in posting some material on the Roku channel. It might be worth the conversation. If you are interested let me know by looking up my CZcams channel.
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