My Pet Chicken Review.

[Momszoo]

I want to start by saying I've always loved the quality of My Pet Chicken and the staff are very friendly and helpful. That's why I was so surprised with my last batch of chicks from them last spring. I ordered Orpingtons and Wyandottes in various colors. They all arrived on time and healthy. In fact they're still alive and healthy and will be 1yr in May. My problem is that the chicks that are in higher demand appear to be A LOT smaller than the breed standard. My buff Orpingtons almost look like bantams while my (rather expensive) blue Orpingtons are big, plump and beautiful! The golden laced, silver laced and Columbian Wyandottes are just as small as the buffs are and the blue laced red Wyandottes are just as big as the blue Orpingtons. And their eggs are way smaller than a "normal" egg which means I had to lower my price per dozen since I only have 4 of the standard size chickens now. I guess my suggestion to anyone ordering from this site is, don't expect the more popular birds to be top quality. It appears the rarer or harder to find ones get the special attention. I'd still recommend this site for someone starting a small backyard flock but this year I ordered from Meyer Hatchery (which is where MPC gets all their chicks from) since I didn't need to keep it to a small number and pay the crazy expensive shipping fee.

 

[Momszoo]

If I only had one "runt" I wouldn't have bothered to mention it. But all 4 buff Orpingtons and all my Wyandotts except the blue laced red were small. That's 11 birds out of 16 that produce small eggs. I can't even call them medium. They have a great disposition and are fine in every other way...just small.

 

[barkingpig]

Hello everyone,
I thought I should weigh in on my experience with MyPetChicken and the associated hatchery. I rescued a chick locally and needed a buddy or two to keep her company. The best option was MyPetChicken so that I could just get the least amount of chicks and not have a huge minimum order or even worse, do business with a company that uses male chicks as "packing bubbles"! I ordered 3 mottled cochins and 1 speckled sussex. I most wanted the cochin for my rescued bantam and indicated that I would allow substitutions for any of the others to minimize any delays. We got what we ordered and they were in good shape after their travels. They were well packed and cushioned with heat packs. One of the cochins was smaller and that is the one we kept along with the Sussex and found homes for the other 2 cochins since our nest is full. I had great customer service from MPC via email with Jason. He responded very quickly and even during what appeared to be after hours for MPC. My chicks are only just 1 1/2 weeks old but they seem vibrant and healthy!!

 

[allosaurusrock]

I'm guessing they got their stock for more common breeds from other hatcheries, and their rarer ones from smaller breeders, which is why the rarer ones are better quality.

 

[Angela76]

I just ordered from My Chicken Pet. My order will be in next week--5 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Barred Rocks. I'll let everyone know how my experience goes. They have a lot of negative reviews but I didn't see any of them until after I ordered. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

I lost one chick but that is to be expected. The nine I have left are beautiful, large, healthy birds. No other problems. Just got my first egg yesterday! I would order from them again in a heartbeat.

 

[Bridebeliever]

I can say that the flock I got from MPC is also a healthy happy bunch but I did notice one of my SLW is what you might consider "runt" size. Eggs are probably medium sized and I'm still hoping they will get bigger. I got mine in September of 2015 and they started laying at 22 weeks old. I was pleased with MPC for our first flock and that we got to choose such a variety.

 

[4Ever Farms]

My Pet Chicken has fantastic service and wonderful healthy birds from my experience.

 

[Juliebanning]

My chickens are small too I don't have any others to compare to but mine are 2 years old and most of them are about 5lbs 2 are larger around 6 to 7lbs If you look up to standard weight mine should all weigh more, their eggs however are large now

 

[Angela76]

I just ordered from My Chicken Pet. My order will be in next week--5 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Barred Rocks. I'll let everyone know how my experience goes. They have a lot of negative reviews but I didn't see any of them until after I ordered. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

 

[gremlin]

My pet chicken. 2 THUMBS UP. We ordered Buff Brahmas and New Hampshire Reds in Feb, arrived when they said they would, good shape, out of 25, we have 2 roo's. Good sized eggs, all healthy birds. We will be breeding our own going forward, but if needed we won't hesitate to order from them again.