Is my pet chicken a good place to buy chicks?

[FeatheredCreature]

Hello, so I plan to eventually have a mixed bantam chicken flock. Was looking at my pet chicken. I was reading some things and most people seem to have had pretty good experiences. I really like how the minimum is only 5 and their sexed too!
I'd like to hear what you guys think about it, or if I should look somewhere else.
Also maybe let me know what your chickens from there are like!

 

[topochico225]

Hello, so I plan to eventually have a mixed bantam chicken flock. Was looking at my pet chicken. I was reading some things and most people seem to have had pretty good experiences. I really like how the minimum is only 5 and their sexed too!
I'd like to hear what you guys think about it, or if I should look somewhere else.
Also maybe let me know what your chickens from there are like!

I ordered 4 chicks from the Best Egg Layers selection from MPC in May 2020 and all 4 came healthy and alive! One of them sadly passed away in January from fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome, but that was unrelated to the hatchery.

I now have 2 Red Sex Link hens and one RIR hen, and all are happy and healthy! They all have such personality. Here's my favorite, Peebles:

I definitely would recommend ordering from MPC. I'd order from them again if I could! Chicken math has taken hold of me, I have the 3 hens, 2 d'Uccle POL pullets, 2 EE chicks and a d'Uccle chick in the brooder, and 3 eggs in the 'bator.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I think they're fine if you don't mind being overcharged.

 

[FeatheredCreature]

I ordered 4 chicks from the Best Egg Layers selection from MPC in May 2020 and all 4 came healthy and alive! One of them sadly passed away in January from fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome, but that was unrelated to the hatchery.

I now have 2 Red Sex Link hens and one RIR hen, and all are happy and healthy! They all have such personality. Here's my favorite, Peebles:
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I definitely would recommend ordering from MPC. I'd order from them again if I could! Chicken math has taken hold of me, I have the 3 hens, 2 d'Uccle POL pullets, 2 EE chicks and a d'Uccle chick in the brooder, and 3 eggs in the 'bator.

Peebles is so pretty! Glad you had a good experience with them.

 

[HappyClucker7]

I've heard good things about their chicks, but they are very expensive. Too expensive IMO.

 

[TwoShepherds]

I ordered a few chicks from MPC this spring as they had the breeds I wanted on the day I wanted. One out of the 8 ended up being an oops male. And I didn't get one of the chicks I ordered (one chick was missing from the shipment) but the hatchery refunded it. What mattered most was all the chicks were active and healthy.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Cackle sells some of their bantams sexed for a little less. Just an FYI.

 

[FeatheredCreature]

Cackle sells some of their bantams sexed for a little less. Just an FYI.

I don't think I've heard of that one yet. (Not like I know many hatcheries anyway lol) I'll go check it out!

 

[kgby13]

I ordered fifteen for June delivery. Had one loss which they refunded. Great looking healthy chicks. I went with them because they refund if the pullet is a male.

 

[Tamagokeeper]

I ordered 3 silked easter egger pullet chicks from MPC in April and so far they've been happy and healthy! They still appear to be pullets but they have yet to lay at ~20 weeks, will update when they do

MPC does charge quite a bit more than other hatcheries but I found it worthwhile since they offered sexed bantams and had smaller chick minimums. Plus, a good portion of the cost comes from shipping and my chicks arrived quickly and healthy!