“These are very cute chicks and look almost like little penguins with their dark beaks and yellow/black faces, very active and curious. Dainty little chicks, not much bigger than the bantams.”
Thank you for your 5 star review of the Black Sumatra chicks! Active and curious for sure, and it's not a trait that will disappear any time soon since these girls forage better than most. We hope they bring you lots of smiles as they grow up!
We are happy your little one is doing well and hope that you will let us know any time if you have any questions. My Pet Chicken is always happy to help!
We extend our sincere sympathy for the loss of your little one. We had hoped the information shared by our Flock Care Specialists when you reached out to us would have helped her recover along with your diligent efforts. My Pet Chicken hopes you have received our emails sent by separate communication. If you have any questions or concerns about your flock any time, please let us know. We are here to help!
“She is the cutest, smallest of the chicks in the little mixed flock I ordered. She ended up with pasty butt, which is common in new baby chicks. Cleaned it off without any problems.”
“This place I will never STOP ordering from!!! The people the service they have is a rare find these days! Thank you all for my babies I love them so much and look forward to doing business with you guys in the days to come!! I have been doing business with this hatchery for well over a year!”
Thank you so very much for your kind review and thoughtful words for My Pet Chicken! We will never stop doing our best for our customers and our birds.
“Beautiful bird but did NOT like being cooped up. Iridescent black that looked green in the sunlight. If you need birds that can take care of themselves this one is for you!
I got a Black Sumatra with a Rare breeds assortment years ago, I knew what she was very quickly as she was pretty obvious even as a chick with her facial markings and when her feathers started coming in jet black. As a young bird she was like a black crow in my hen house--very cool bird but not a bird that wanted to be contained! Even putting a netting over my run she still managed to get out of it on days she didn't want to be cooped up (normally days I wasn't home to keep an ear out for danger.) She escaped repeatedly and for several years she actually hung out in the trees and bushes, and on the fence and...anywhere but IN The coop! She loved to sit in one of the trees in the yard and sometimes the roosters would mistake her for a threat and start yelling which was hilarious. I think she liked to freak them out on purpose, she was a very decent flyer for a chicken! On several occasions I saw the family of Crows that like to get corn from my flock sit in the tree near her and stare at her like the couldn't figure out why she didn't fly away with them!
One day I thought something had finally eaten her because I couldn't find her and my heart broke, I knew it was inevitable since she refused to remain in a safe space but she was so good at flying and hiding half the time I couldn't find her, I was still shocked something had gotten her. When I went to check the spot under the shed a few days later where some of my hens liked to occasionally hide eggs one night I nearly had a heart attack--She was sitting under there and she had been hiding a nest WITH CHICKS! She was a fantastic mother, she free ranged those babies and it was so cute to see her running through the yard with her little jet black chicks running after her! She was eventually eaten by a hawk sadly a few months later, but I still have three of her daughters in my adult flock and while they remind me of her with their dark skin and little combs they are heavier birds like their Olive Egger daddy and DO come home to roost and even lay in the nest boxes.
I would absolutely get one of these birds again--but I now have a solid roof on my run so I think it would be a little easier to contain one! Free Ranging and predator evasion abilities A+ for this breed, ability to raise chicks and keep them alive running through a yard with a bunch of other breeds all bigger than she was, AA+. She didn't eat much pellet because she was too busy foraging, and she did lay a very good number of small to medium white eggs...if you could find them! LOL So feed to egg conversion ratio was fantastic! Everyone is obsessed with the Cemani, these gorgeous little black crow chickens don't get enough love!!”
