"My Pet Chicken" is it trustworthy? *POST YOUR CHICKS FROM MPC!*

[litolebiddy]

hi
l ordered 3 times from them in the past 2 months..they have baby chick sales ..i got 25 barred rocks all females s/h included for 47.50
a great deal..all recieved very healthy ..
i love my barred rocks

 

[drunkdog]

MPC does indeed outsource their supply of fuzzbutts and mine came from Ohio...other than a Roo in the mix it has been as satisfactory as when I ordered from Cackle so A-plus

 

[ultasol]

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They may have originally gotten birds indirectly from her at some point, but Kristina Korfus does NOT sell hatching eggs period. Go to her site and contact her if you wish to verify.

 

[sevenbabychicks]

I received 8 wonderful chicks on 9/1, and currently have 7 (one of my faverolles died during her first night). They're all happy and healthy, although they subbed a couple and what I'm pretty sure is a SS Hamburg is not developing a rose comb. But hey, I'm not planning on showing them, I just want a friendly, colorful flock to come running when I toss scraps out the door. MPC's customer service is also very good. I would definitely order from them again!

 

[poultrycrazy]

My experience wasnt very good but but in the ending i am happy with what i have.

These are three polish i got along with and EE and a Blue cochin that arent in the pic. I also had a sussex but it died for no apparent reason.

and here is my other order from this spring , I ordered 5 silkies a duccle and a frizzle cochin. 1 silkie died on its way here and the other one couldnt stand when it got here and died later on that day.

 

[kla37]

We had two orders from MPC last May, for a total of 16 chickens, and only 1 died the first week. I know they aren't "perfect" chickens, but they are all very healthy and happy and a joy to have around. I did have two of them that turned out to be roosters. After giving some to friends, we have 8, and they are great. They all got to us overnight, which was really nice.

Here they are now at 16 weeks:
my younger son's favorite is a buff orpington, wish we had gotten more of these! Will next year....


The barred rock, she's a little bossy:


Some of the other girls, all really sweet:


We really love the big fluffy cochins, and the australorps are all very friendly. Since we don't care about breeding or showing, I think we did well with MPC for just pets and eggs.

 

[soccerbabiesmama]

I ordered chicks from them and later found out that I had to cancel my order due to a city ordinance which limits the number of hens that I am allowed to have (I already own 4). I attempted to cancel my order within their stated "14 days" before shipping date, but they refused to refund my money. Their real policy is that you have to cancel before midnight the 15th day prior. I have disputed the charges with my bank, who checked order dates and my invoice and has decided that they will seek the money back from My Pet Chicken.

I was surprised at the verbage that My Pet Chicken used when I canceled my order. Keep in mind that the eggs have not yet hatched the chicks, the eggs were laid prior to my order and I was within their cancellation guidelines. First they said that they would "donate" the chicks and not refund my money. I asked for a receipt for my taxes or I'd report them. Then they changed their verbage from "donate" to "abandon" as per this excerpt from their email to me below:

"Thanks for contacting My Pet Chicken again with your complaint. We will identify a rescue farm to take your birds. A rescue farm can be anything from a feed store who will agree to care for and adopt out your abandoned chicks, an individual person who will agree to adopt your babies, and sometimes a non-profit rescue farm. We won't know who they will go to until we are able to scramble to find your abandoned birds a new home."

and then:

"Past a certain point, the order simply can't be cancelled, because we can't put them on a shelf in a dusty back room to be adopted in a few weeks when we can find someone to purchase them, like we could if they were books. They are living creatures, and must have a home to go to when they hatch."

We are sorry you have decided not to adopt the babies that will be hatching for you on Sept 27, and we will do our best to locate a rescuer."

They changed their ship date and hatch date AFTER I placed my order and voided my chance to cancel. When I confronted them with that, they made up an addition to their disclosure that they really require 15 days, not 14.

So, I'm not saying don't order - just proceed with EXTREME caution because I have found their practices to be less than honest, and then when they are backed into a corner, they really attempt to make you feel guilty about canceling.

 

[shellshocked]

I have only ordered chickens once and that was from Cackle Hatchery in MO. Myself & 3 other people placed and order together in my name. We ordered a total of 67 chickens and received 70. I only ordered 2 roos and ended up w/ 3 (one of the extra ones). Every chick was in great condition. We had a very hot summer, ( 100 deg. + for several days). I personally have not lost any, but my neighbor who ordered with me lost 3 to the heat. No one else has lost a chicken. We were all very satisfied with the service and quality from Cackle Hatchery. The shipping cost for the chicks was about $17( split 4 ways, we saved big time). We received them in April an have been getting eggs from them since Labor Day weekend. Everyone will have their own hatchery preference based on experience and reputation.

 

[Beekissed]

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What a bunch of whiney drivel!!!! How unprofessional!!!! I won't be doing business with MPC after hearing this crapola....I would be very tempted to laugh out loud if they told me this over the phone. Thank you for the heads up!

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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I know MPC does have a policy that you must give them at least 2 weeks notice to cancel an order for live chicks, which seems fair. Are you sure that you are calculating the days correctly? Calling on a Monday to cancel a delivery for the following Monday would be 1 week's notice, right? What day did you try to cancel and what day was your ship date? I've had nothing but good experiences with them and most other things I've read about MPC has also good - maybe it's just a misunderstanding.