Hurley Byrd Does it Differently, Very Differently:
We handcraft each and every feeder we sell. Starting with our own designs, producing OUR OWN Lumbers and assembling your feeders with
real screws throughout. We then protect each feeder with a beautiful penetrating oil finish so they last for many years. We take pride in our service, too.
From the moment you first interact with us, whether on our website or on the phone, to the delivery of your feeders and gifts and everything in between.
We want to make owning and gift giving easy for you. So whether it's a simple thank you, a unique deer feeder gift a whole
feeding station for you and your family, choose Hurley-Byrd and see the difference our feeders really make.
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462 Williams Crossroads Way
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
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Deer Feeder:
Extra Large
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The Hurley-Byrd Bird Feeder Co.
The Who, What and Why of Hurley-Byrd
We formalized Hurley Byrd's Internet Presence in 2002 (AKA: Opened Our Doors) but.......
we've been doing this a loooooong time. Read on.................
Deer Feeder:
Extra Large
Free Standing
ON SALE
Who
The Hurley-Byrd Bird Feeder Co. was conceived, established and built from a dream of Peter Hurley. When Peter was just five years old, his mother taught him the most important lesson of his life. She instilled within him the values of nature and all of God’s creations. At this age Peter's first "chore" was to take care of feeding the wild birds on their large dairy farm in Upstate New York. This so called chore was a highlight of Peter's life and he has never stopped appreciating the value of Mother Nature. Through his teens, Peter was very active in the outdoors. He was camping, hiking, hunting, etc... all the normal country boy activities. Peter was always studying wildlife and nature in an attempt to learn as much as he could in order to bring the wildlife he loved closer to his home. From this, Peter learned all the different birds by sight and sound, taught himself the different animal traits and can even tell what creatures had visited by the marks or evidence left behind. Throughout Peter’s life he has been involved with birding and wildlife feeding in some manner. Peter explains: "There has never been a place I lived that was not surrounded by wildlife. There has always been and always will be a bird, deer or wildlife feeder (if not 6, 10 or 12) around my home and now my business."
Why
Over the years, Peter had bought, rebuilt, fixed, and redesigned about every feeder on the market to suit his needs or curiosity. In short, he found so few truly good feeders on the market and started designing and constructing his own for around the house. Soon, family and friends started coming to Peter to have their own needs filled. They would tell him what their situation was and he would come up with a new idea or a better feeder to suit that need. Over time, Peter solidified his scope of design and started to work on the quality aspects of his feeders. Peter states "There are so few great feeders on the market any more. Every business needs to make money but it has become the driving force behind nearly all businesses in this country. The thought of making a quality product before all other aspects has gone to the wayside, even in the birding business. There are a few excellent feeder manufactures but the majority still do it wrong or for the wrong reasons. I decided it was time to make a difference in how people look at feeding wildlife. I’ve taken my years of wildlife feeding, feeder designing and incorporated my corporate experiences in manufacturing, purchasing, organization and meshed it all together to produce an excellent product at a price with superior value."
Where
As the years passed, Peter went on about his life, learning to live, making money, etc. but was only really happy when at home surrounded by nature. With time, Peter found himself traveling to different states building a corporate career (in aviation of course) that finally landed him in West Virginia in 1997. He felt as if he had returned home to a land of beauty and full of nature. His thoughts:
"Everywhere a person goes here in West Virginia, they are up close and personal with nature. The majestic mountains, the serenity of babbling brooks, heart felt warmth of each person that calls this state home." Peter was instantly drawn back into the world he loved and missed so very much and after five years he knew it was time to truly "return home" to the importance of what his Mother taught him years before. Peter left the corporate world to pursue his true love, nature.
Beginning
In 2002 The Hurley-Byrd Bird Feeder Company was born from a 16 year dream. Over the years Hurley-Byrd has grown but we have not lost touch with the ideas which started it all. Peter has taken his line of products to levels
beyond his wildest dreams and nature lovers around the
world are enjoying the finest feeders available.
We are excited to note that Hurley-Byrd feeders now grace homes, businesses and governmental institutions in all 50 United States, each of the southern providences of Canada from British Columbia to Nova Scotia and several European countries.
What
It is roughly estimated in 2012 that Hurley-Byrd feeders have now
fed 250,000,000 birds, deer and other wild creatures. We’ve used enough
lumber to build 38 typical homes, installed over 1,000,000 screws, cut up enough
rope to hang out 8,000 shirts or 64,000 socks if it were strung into a clothesline,
used enough acrylic sheeting to enclose an arboretum and applied enough
penetrating oil finish to coat enough lumber to cover 4 football feilds.
We are proud of our accomplishments but when you call, write or place an order,
you still get a real person who picks up the telephone, writes you back or
takes your order with patience, understanding and most importantly,
treats you as a human being.
Update October 2012 - Business Refocus Statement
After ten years the Hurley-Byrd Bird Feeder Co. has grown to a point
requiring many choices. Our very wide variety of products had become too
cumbersome to manage appropriately unless we chose to relocate, build a bigger facility, hire more people, etc... AND, we had no desire to ascend to this new level.
Being a small family organization, we focus on building superb products. We felt a
leap to a new level would bring along issues stressing our belief in providing the
best we can. All of us have seen too many companies go big and when they do,
their original practices of quality and customer service dwindle. Before long
their customers are speaking to machines and accepting lower quality products.
Hurley-Byrd chose to remain a small family business and will remain
this way forever. To do so we have limited our line to products to items our
customers cannot attain elsewhere. As of October 2012, we are directing our focus
on Ground, Trough and Deer Feeders only. This will effectively remove
the brunt of our bird feeder line although we will retain a few
which cannot be purchased at other companies.
It is this kind of dedication to our philosophies that
makes Hurley-Byrd............. well, Hurley-Byrd!
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You
Hurley-Byrd is here to serve you, our Customer.
Each of us is fully aware there is No Hurley-Byrd with YOU, our customer.
You will hear us say this all the time and that is because we
fully understand the importance of the customer.
If you have been seeking a better way to feed your birds, deer or
other wildlife, write or call and we will be glad to help a fellow nature lover.
We do it because we love it, not because we have to. It is our great fortune
to serve you. View our lines of fine wildlife feeders and
order your own Hurley-Byrd feeder today.
We guarantee you will love them as much as we do.
Sincerely,
Hurley-Byrd, LLC