"); From that order, I still have my 3 beautiful Brahmas (one of each color), mottled Houdan who's a wonderfully energetic gal, golden laced Cochin Bantam, speckled Sussex, silver laced Cochin, black star, golden laced Wyandotte, white Cochin (who my sister now owns). One buff orpington (still alive today) is half the size she should be, has a flopped comb and a wry tail. 5.0 stars. This year, my first order was a 100% loss and I have lost more than 50% of my second order. I have been ordering from Murray McMurray off and on for more than 35 years with no problem until last year. Obviously animals are born with defects, but why ship one to a customer? They were much healthier than I expected and there wasn't a single casualty. Cayuga ducks aren't cheap and I'm really mad bc I paid that much money for a rare breed, that I thought was health tested and all and here I am, left with only two ducks! Back in November 2018, I had order 10 Cayuga ducklings from Murry McMurry Hatchery. I'd surely recommend McMurray to anybody getting mail order chicks! I wasn't sure what to expect. I did not ask for a refund, I was upset because I lost the peeps. The chick had one eye which was definitely not functional, as well as a very badly crossed beak, that rendered eating impossible. Now, despite my rather bad luck with survival rate, I really couldn't be more pleased with my beautiful birds. The Brahmas are all very beautiful and gentle, and the hens are amazing layers of very large eggs, sometimes beating my stars! Hampton & McMurray Reviews. It died as of day 2. I should have just went to my local tractor supply, I would have saved a lot of money and my ducks would still be alive. Extreme measures were always taken to care for the birds in conditional weather. This time I ordered 15 chicks Nov2019 for delivery July 2020 and again I lost one chick the first day. They are in the living room, with a heat lamp... monitored constantly... On a side note, I ordered the 'starter kit', lol, the lamp housing came smashed, and the bulb lasted less than a week. The Post Office is not open until Monday. Both follow me when I let them out. At that time I ordered 25, 2 died within the first 24hrs, and I was refunded the amount for the chicks I lost. document.write(""); MM said they'd replace the ones I lost and asked for a pathology report, though if I insisted they might replace them without it. Reviews from Centerfire employees about Centerfire culture, salaries, benefits, work-life balance, management, job security, and more. My Sussexs are both beautiful. The bylaw, which had a Jan. 31 review date, would activate when the municipality reached 50 active cases. The weather was warm, and the transit was fast, so they were not overly stressed by shipping. I ordered 2 female Embden Geese and 1 male African. I did not have my chicks vaccinated for anything. The virus had killed one person. Chicks arrive on time and are perky and healthy. Guess ill stick with what i know. They just started to lay their first eggs and they are very colorful! I fed them quick chick, put shop towels over the pine shavings for the first 24-48 hours, fed them Purina starter grower, dipped their beaks in water right out of the box, put a heat lamp at 18 inches - I followed all the instructions I was given to care for chicks. McMurray Hatchery hatches the highest quality day-old baby chicks, ducks, geese, turkeys and other fowl. I contacted MM twice the first time they gave me a refund for the first two who died. Unfortunately we lost one of the leghorns last night, but that's exactly what the extras are for. Book Murray Hotel, Mackinac Island on Tripadvisor: See 368 traveler reviews, 94 candid photos, and great deals for Murray Hotel, ranked #12 of 12 hotels in Mackinac Island and rated 4 of 5 at Tripadvisor. Interestingly most of the time they have cheaper prices than metzer. Some will figure out how to avoid predators, and sadly, some will not, but that is how nature goes. Like I said earlier, very fast service here, faster then most Pizza Huts I've been to. Last Monday, we ordered 50 Cornish and six Polish layers. About 1 1/2 months ago I put in an order for 15 chicks of all different kinds. Has there been some mistakes as to breeds or sexes? 4 showed and ribboned, but definitely not all of them the same show quality. I can honestly say im very upset about this whole ordeal and worried about my adult hens , praying they dont catch some disease from these poor sick chicks. Three of the Poles died within 36 hours. The last three years we have ordered birds, McMurray shipped them on Friday. document.write(" "); Other than that, the rest are doing amazing and are very hardy eaters. and Cookie Policy. All arrived healthy and exactly as we ordered. The chicks I lost were all small which makes me wonder if they were from a young hen or one past her prime. Im so scared they my have some disease, That i have the sick ones separated from the well chicks although out of 18 chicks only 9 are still head up.....so far. Fiori's in McMurray?? I called for advise, the people who answered were very helpful. I tried in vain to feed it with a syringe, but a few days later it died. Last year more than 50% of my chicks died within a few days, and the ones that didn't were not the robust birds I was familiar with from McMurray. document.write(""); There's usually a spunky guy working the til or a bubbly girl. I'll never know but I expected to lose a few so I definitely dont blame the hatchery or hold it against them! Their costumer service is impressive, and the their birds are even more so. I have ordered waterfowl (geese/ducks) from mcmurray the last two years. As of this Spring, 2013, I find that I have only one female goose and the other a gander. Reviews from Acden employees about working as a Welder at Acden in Fort McMurray, AB. As a result of good quality birds from McMurray, and following Storey's guide, all 14 mallards lived to maturity, and they (well, the remainder - see below) now live on our pond, and give us lots of pleasure every day as we watch them flying around. The last order, however, the number was closer to 10, and this time I've lost 30 out of 50, not all at once but over the course of a month.They're still dropping off. Overall, I have to give the hatchery high marks and we will definitely be ordering from them again. document.write("