“Horrible!!! None of them hatched and sone arrived damaged and they would not replace them!!!!! Buyer beware!! Customer service is horrible! Don‚Äôt waste your money here”
“I was an absolute beginner when I ordered 6 Silkie eggs from My Pet Chicken in the spring of 2021. They sent a 7th bonus one and 4 of the 7 hatched! 2 roosters and 2 hens. Now just this month in Jan 2022 I was able to hatch 4 more Silkies from the eggs my original Silkies laid. So much fun! THANK YOU My Pet Chicken for such great pets!”
“I never incubated before so ordered 6 eggs expecting to hopefully get 4 to hatch. From what I‚Äôve read so many were only getting 50-60% to hatch. Being new I didn‚Äôt want to get my hopes up. I received 7 eggs, followed the instructions and 6 of the 7 hatched! When I candled them, 1 was not fertilized, so IMHO LOL, it‚Äôs 100% hatch rate!! And even better we got 6 distinctly different colors!
Thank you MPC!!”
“Well, I'd read the reviews but though I'd give it a try anyway. I received 7 eggs for the order of 6, which was super nice. I followed the directions as best as possible. I let them sit and settle in the incubator 24 hours before adding the rotation function. Humidity levels and heat were on target. Upon candling at a week and a half I discovered one was cracked. After 21 days only one of 7 hatched. At day 25 I pulled the plug on the rest.”
“We read all of the bad reviews and decided to take a gamble and I‚Äôm so happy we did. We ordered 6 eggs, we received 7 and I put them under our broodie black silkie. Today was hatch day and so far 5 gorgeous little fluffy chics have hatched, 1 is pipping and 1 hasn‚Äôt started yet. Gorgeous, strong healthy little fluffy chics and a beautiful array of colors. Very pleased!”
“I feel bad reading some of these reviews cause this breeder has amazing fluffy silkies that are perfect in so many ways. I absolutely fell in love the first time we ordered eggs and had a great hatch. We decided to order some more since we did so good the first time and again a great hatch which is amazing odds to anyone who has purchased and shipped eggs before. I couldn‚Äôt believe how fluffy and healthy the chicks are. I wish I could Share a picture and show how beautiful my first batch turned out and now the second one I can‚Äôt wait till they are bigger ❤Ô∏è I will definitely be buying more again soon and hopefully even showing some this year! We Highly recommend these show quality eggs AMAZING......... You can see the years of dedication and hard work that went into breeding these silkies”
“I had a great hatch! I Put 12 eggs in the incubator and candled them at day 7. Ten were good and all 10 hatched! It was like watching popcorn pop for two days. I just ordered another dozen!”
“My rating is not a commentary on the breeder and how the eggs were packaged - this rating is a commentary on your likelihood of hatching anything because of the rough handling at the post office. I'm a glass half full kind of person, so I thought maybe I'd get a hatch rate of 25%. I bought a dozen eggs to incubate, hoping to hatch 4 of them. I know that makes these $50 chicks, but this is what I do instead of going to the movies or eating out so I consider it an entertainment expense as well. I know incubating shipped eggs is a different process than incubating your own chickens' fertilized eggs. We do both. We were careful, let the eggs sit for 24 hours to rest before putting them in the incubator. Most of the air cells looked watery so we were pretty pessimistic. But we thought we'd give it a go and follow the San Diego Zoo's shipped egg protocol. Day 7, 10 eggs were still clear, 1 egg started to develop, 3 eggs had started to develop and died (blood rings). We're at day 14 and the same - 10 clear eggs. I'd upload a photo if I could but just Google "unfertilized egg" and "candling" and you'll see what I mean. I'm not saying these eggs weren't fertilized. I don't have the expertise to say. I did open one and the blastodisc was irregular - no bullseye even started forming which is what you would expect of a fertilized egg. So all in all, if this one egg hatches it will be a $200 chick. It's disappointing because these chickens look absolutely beautiful, but your chances of success are extremely low unless you live very close to the breeder and can maybe limit the shipping time to one day. Ours was 3 days.”
