Yes, and not just with chickens. The worst problelm we encountered was with Betas. They were left on the front porch in the hot sun inspite of several calls to the post office and written instructions on the package to call for us to pickup. Poor fish.
I have ordered twice from MPC and have been totally pleased with the experience. Their website is user friendly, they offer and excellent variety, their customer service was great both times and my chicks grew into lovely healthy hens who give me plenty of eggs. I ordered only pullets both...