I vouch for McMurray Hatchery, too. I’ve raised up close to 300 hens in the past 10 years, and they have always given me healthy, sturdy, disease-free chicks. And they’re so CUTE! :)
Not adding any new ones this year; of the 50 I did last year, I only lost ONE this winter, and she was a really old hen.
Got three ‘accidental roosters’ that are finding their way into my stew pot in a few weeks, though. ;)
Raised chickens when I was a child, raised beef also, along with goats(great tasting meat regardless of what you may have heard). Mainly though the goats were for milk, the hens were for eggs but we did raise a certain amount for food. The beef was always for food.