mypetchicken.com?

[Poison Ivy]

I placed a order for 10 chicks with mypetchicken last week and they took about 3 days to email me with due date. So I have to wait 3 weeks which is fine gives me time to set everything up for them. This is my first order with them so will see. I usually get them from MM but didn't want to deal with 25 chicks and me going on vacation in june.

 

[blue fire]

we got our chicks 4 week ago and they were ok when they got home. I am realy questioning if all our "pullets" are realy pullets though. the lady who owns the site is nice and we asked her a few questions about the chicks and she awnsered them and more.

 

[khable]

We got our 6 girls from My Pet Chicken.

I called them on a Friday because I wanted to make sure I wasn't going on a waiting list until they had them in kind of thing.... and was told that they were hatching some that Sunday and would ship them out for me on Monday.

They came Tuesday morning in a very cute little box with a nest in it and a heat pack.

They were all very healthy and perky.

The customer service people were great.

I would definatly reccomend using them! They are wonderful for us that only want a few.

The only draw back I saw was paying extra for the heating pack. $20 - $25 I believe.... but for me it was worth it to only get a few!

I would be happy to answer any other questions you might have.

Just let me know!

Good Luck!

Kim

Mom to 6 Buff Orpington Girls

 

[jkm]

I wish I had done my pet chicken, I only need three or four and my first feed store batch of hens turned out to be roos, it took a long time to fiqure it out.
I would have been happy to pay shipping and go to the PO.
Am on my second batch of feed store chciks and have my fingers crossed, if they are roos I will call my pet chicken.
You may have occ shipping issues , or not perfect timiming, but I am not hearing about boys sent for girls!!! and I bet they would replace them! the feed store did not,( just bring them back and we will eat them. ( great deal for them , eat my well fed handrasied chicks)

I am not rich, I am Miss Frugal... ! , but I wasted a lot of time and energy on the roos, 66$ would have been cheap to get Buffs right up front, all girls.
so while the rest of you wil enjoy fresh eggs in august, I have to wait until nov dec now.....
life goes on
cheers

I wonder if the heat packs are reusable? Non recycling goods, non green goods, would put me off ordering. If reusaable then they could be on depsoit.

 

[Judymae]

I ordered 12 chickies from Ideal--they are do to arrive on May 31st. My b-day! What a present. I hope they all arrive safely. How do you pick them up. I don't want the PO to leave a slip in the mail box because then they would have to spend another nite at the PO. Do you call the PO before hand and let them know they are coming? Who do you talk to? Can you call the morning of and ask if they got them in? Can you tell I've never ordered chickies before?

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I called my local post office ahead of time, to let them know I would be getting chicks. The morning the chicks came in, they called me and told me I could come pick them up. It was so early it was still dark out when they called!

 

[Judymae]

Thanks!! I'm gonna call the post office tomorrow to let them know I'm expecting the babies. I guess I'll have to leave them my number. I want them as soon as possible to keep them from stressing too much!

 

[mstanco]

Ciao,
My first experience with mypetchicken.com was two years ago. I ordered 8 day old chicks in September 2013 and a week later I ordered 4 day old chicks. I was very happy with my dealings with mypetchicken.com.
Subsequently, I ordered six fertile hatching eggs to place under my broody hen; none of those eggs hatched. I contacted mypetchicken.com and they apologized and issued me a $10.00 credit towards a future order.
Last month I ordered three Bielefelder hatching eggs(not cheap) and three Buff Orpington hatching eggs from my pet chicken.com and redeemed my $10.00 credit. Mypetchicken.com teamed up with a new supplier and my eggs were shipped. Unfortunately, the shipping box was not marked "hold for pick up" and the eggs were placed on the postal carriers truck for delivery. I went to the post office after I had looked up the tracking information and was informed that the box was on the truck for delivery (my house is last on my postal carriers route). I ended up driving the route and found my postal carrier and she gave me the hatching eggs.
I advised mypetchicken.com of the above and informed them that part of the box was damaged but it looked like all the eggs were intact. The eggs were placed in a Brinsea mini advance with eggs turner. I followed all the instructions to a T and after three weeks, two eggs hatched.
I have read many threads online and have found that this is an unacceptable hatching rate. I contacted mypetchicken.com and they apologized and felt that the hatching rate was acceptable and I should look at the troubleshooting guidelines. I canceled the eggs after one and two weeks. Three looked viable and three did not.
I have two Bielefelder chicks and four unhatched eggs.
I have written once again to mypetchicken.com and I am waiting for a response.

 

[leslea]

My experience with them is here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/730582/indiana-bycers-here/41720#post_15472103

 

[fdclinton]

Hi,
I ordered my first flock from mypetchicken.com. I have 6 Buff Orpingtons that are now 5 weeks old. In my experience, their customer service was great. Always got a quick reply to email questions. ( I asked a lot of questions! ) I also thought their website was easy to navigate and choose when I wanted my chicks shipped. I ordered my chicks on a Tuesday, they were shipped Wednesday and arrived at my post office at 10:30am on Thursday. I did call the post office ahead of time to let them know the chicks would be arriving once I received the shipping confirmation from MPC. There is a 'runt' to the litter that was obvious when they arrived. It's seems to be doing well and growing well but I am currently wondering if it deaf. All the other chicks look healthy so far and seem to be doing great. I did pay the extra charge to have them sexed and it is still too early for me to tell if I did get all females. Hope this helps