I never leave bad reviews, but this experience was horrific and the actions MYPETCHICKEN took made it even worse.
Ordered 9 baby chicks. Paid 75 dollars for shipping and it took two days to get to California. Baby chicks didn't look great out the box. My son's favorite died within 24 hours. One died in the middle of the night, and one mypetchicken recommended I separate (additional cost of second heat plate, feeder, waterer, etc) ....before ultimately dying.
I accurately reported the death of my three chickens and emailed asking for a refund. The company offered to mail replacement chickens. I didn't think this was an option, and told them that, but they said it was and confirmed they would mail me replacement chickens.
After confirmation, I informed my son that we were getting replacement chickens and he was overjoyed to be receiving another "Chicken Jockey" (as he had named his favorite chicken). Please understand that the original Chicken Jockey had died in front of him as he hadn't left the brooder room for hours once he realized Chicken Jockey was sick. We even had a funeral for the original Chicken Jockey. Accordingly, receiving a replacement Chicken Jockey was a big deal.
Today, they emailed me to let me know that they had counted wrong and made a clerical error and they would not be mailing replacement chickens. To say I'm beyond disappointed and upset is an understatement. I understand clerical errors happen, but I accurately reported my chickens, requested a refund, and mailing new chickens was offered to me. For them to state OOPS without trying to make it right was terrible customer service and I will not be ordering from them again.
I emailed them back explaining my disappointment but they clearly don't care at all. I highly recommend you go a different direction when ordering chickens to avoid a situation such as mine... The only positive I can think of at this point is that with my 33% baby chick death rate... there is a good chance Chicken Jockey could have died A SECOND TIME and that would have been as bad as telling him a second Chicken Jockey isn't coming (without me paying another 75 dollars in shipping for a 12 dollar baby chick).
I should note that I also picked up 5 babies from a feedstore when 3 of the mypetchicken chics died and they have had 0 problems so I do not believe the deaths were in any way associated with my setup....
To summarize it all... recommend when starting out that you definitely look local....as this whole experience has been beyond traumatic. I also recommend that you NEVER EVER order from my pet chicken as they send sick chickens, are unable to count, and don't stand by what they say. read more