One of our little troublemakers, Ancona rooster- Conan the Destroyer!
Our 8 week MPC update is that all the chicks which made it past those first difficult hours and days (20 out of 24) are now doing well and they are very pretty birds and we're having a lot of fun with them. The downside is...
Keesemon, oldhenlikesdogs and shezadandy Thanks!
I love this bird (all of them but this one is crazy fun!) I do think you guys are right either ancona or exchequer leghorn. I'm glad to narrow the possibilities, she and one of her sisters, the speckled Sussex I think, was trying to help me look...
Rock Sister, so sorry for your losses, both Mom and eggs :-(. I agree honest reviews are important. I feel that I had an average experience with MPC, not poor, not excellent. I love the chicks we have, I'm sad for the ones that passed quickly. I wonder if they would have done better with a heat...
Although we lost 4 chicks (3 of our 6 silkies :-( ) in the first few days our other MPC are now 3 weeks old and doing great. Some of them are still a mystery to me. Can anyone identify this chick in the center of the photo? It's my favorite in our flock of 20, it's so friendly. I know most of...
chickisoup- So glad to see your little survivors!
bbhorsefly, that is a good feeling, isn't it. Nobody died today! It's nice to be able to relax a bit and enjoy them.
We lost three within the first couple days and have one silkie still worrying us. Got home from a visit to Mom (in a nursing...
chickisoup, so glad they are making this right for you.
We lost 3 chicks. The MPC customer service reps I dealt with by email and phone were kind and helpful with ideas for the 3rd baby chick but it passed in the night. I feel pretty strongly that the long time they were waiting in Cleveland...
Chickisoup I'm so, so sorry for your loss. I was terribly sad reading what happened to your chicks and I hope and pray your little survivors make it.
We're in NH, also a cold state and I was surprised there was no heat pack. This was my first time though so I figured the company would know...
So fun hearing about everybody's new babies! I hope that all due to arrive today really do. Sorry for anyone who had a loss. Our tiny buff silkie that was the only sickly looking one on arrival didn't make it even an hour. Tried everything then just held her until the end. She was so much...
My tracking was like that too. A text woke me at 2:22 am to let me know they were in Nashua, NH which is about an hour and a half away. No more tracking happened after that but my local post office called me at 7:30 am to come pick them up. Frustrated with USPS, happy with MPC though.
They're here! Tending to one silkie with, I think, pasty butt but all the rest look great. holding the silkie in between gently unpasting so typing one handed. I had all these months to research so feel pretty prepared and a little overwhelmed too.
Thanks for replying. Glad to know it's rather typical for the post office not to update the tracking in a timely manner (it doesn't mean my chicks actually haven't gone very far yet). Hoping the night passes quickly and we get to meet the chicks tomorrow. We ordered way back in January then...
I'm excitedly awaiting my order from My Pet Chicken too. My order shipped on Monday. I have been checking tracking but nothing has changed since yesterday afternoon in Cleveland, OH. Does anyone know if this is typical? I was hoping I'd be able to watch their progress. I chose Express shipping...