“I purchased my chicks in Nov 19. Shipment went out right on time, as expected and all chicks arrived healthy & peeping away. The only hick-up was the US Mail managed to deliver the box to the wrong post office. Not My Pet Chicken's fault at all, they had the address correct on the box but, somehow it ended up at the post office in the next town over from us, about 20 miles down the road. The post master there did call me though, to let me know they had inadvertently received the package & could re-direct them to me late that day or early the next. I just opted to run over & pick them up myself.
We ordered ten various breeds of hens, one of which is a Super Blue hen we named Lizzy (10 hens & one Black Copper Maran Rooster). All are great girls, but Lizzy definitely sees herself as queen of the hen house, lol. Early on, she could get pretty aggressive with the other girls, with relentless pecking. (Hence the name Lizzy Borden, lol). I separated her out from the flock twice in the past, for a few days each time, to give it a break, before re-integrating them back together. It did help a little & they seemed to have worked things out, for the most part, since then.
However, with me, Lizzy is very personable & friendly. She comes running every time I go out, follows me all around the yard & generally likes to get attention.
In addition to being the top girl in the pecking order, she is also the smartest, in my opinion. Always the first to catch on to new things (feeders, waters, types of food, getting in & out of the run, new coop, best free ranging areas for worms, etc...). Great forager.
As for eggs, she was one of the first girls to start laying, at a tad over 4 & 1/2 months. Which was a little earlier than the average, from what I read about them. I was pretty happy with that. True to her name she lays a fairly large, beautiful, sky blue egg just about every day. Awesome.
She also turns out to be a great Momma, if that's what you want. Recently, I went out of town for a few days and had someone checking on the chickens, to make sure their food & water didn't get messed up, but the girls went a few of days without having their eggs collected. So, Lizzy, the super blue & Phyllis, my Silkie White Easter Egger, decided they would go broody & were determined to sit & hatch all the eggs, when I got home. So determined, that I decided to let them go ahead & try. So, as of last week, I have 15 little fluff balls peeping away & skirting all around the run. They're an assortment of all the girls eggs (with the help of Roscoe, the Black Copper Maran rooster, of course), so there's a little bit of every color & mix running around out there now. At any rate, both Lizzy & Phyllis are excellent mommas, very doting with the babies. Funny to watch them show the babies where to get food, water, scratch, etc..., basically how to be chickens. The two mommas seem to share custody, though, as they're all in together & I can't figure out who hatched who, lol.
Funny story, but Lizzy & Phyllis were basically side by side in the same large nesting box while setting and every time one would take a break for food or water (which wasn't often) the other would methodically go over & roll the other's eggs back to her own pile & be sitting on all the eggs in one pile when the other got back. I had to laugh. It wasn't unusual to to look in & see both girls looking back at you, while pressed tightly together, trying to hatch the same pile of eggs, lol. At some point each time, they would manage to get the eggs split back up into two piles again only to repeat the same thing, back & forth, again the next day or day after that. Too funny. But they didn't fight, so I was impressed... I guess, each just thought she would obviously make the better mother for all the eggs, lol.
Anyway, other than being a little aggressive with the other girls, I really like Ms Lizzy & would recommend the super blue to anyone interested in plenty of nice light blue eggs, while being aware they can be a bit bossy & broody. Again, mine likes attention from us. Oh & my girl looks just like the one pictured on the super blue description page above.
I also highly recommend My Pet Chicken. They delivered my assorted order exactly as promised, when it was promised & kept me advised along the way - no surprises. Great company.”
“I purchased 12 chicks of various breeds, hatching out June 22, and our Kitty (Super Blue) is so sweet! She's ten weeks old, and gorgeous- snowy white with a few scattered gray feathers, bright yellow eyes, and an adorable bushy beard :) She is downright cuddly, since she was tiny she'll sit on my shoulder, on my lap, even on a towel in my room, reading with me! She loves dried mealworms, too. (blech) Her legs are blue, and only on her lower right leg, she's got a couple tiny white feathers sprouting! Since she's still pretty young, I can't say anything about her egg-laying ability, or broodiness, but so far, Kitty is a pretty fantastic little lap chicken!”
“I have a 3 year old Super Blue from MPC. When she first started developing a straight comb I was suspicious, then to my disappointment she laid white eggs. The size is almost always medium, with the occasional large in the last few months as she gets older. The reason I still give 4 stars is that she is a fantastic layer, 6-7 eggs per week and lays well through winter, and even when molting. The only thing that stops her is going broody, which she did several times the first 2 years but hasn‚Äôt this year. Overall I would buy again, even with the broodiness and white eggs.”
“I purchased 3 of these chicks early March of this year (2020). They are presidio start laying at 22-24 weeks. 1 started laying at 18 weeks and a second at 19 weeks. I'm so pleased!”
“I bought my SBEL in Feb 2016. YES, 4 yrs ago...while they began laying on time I was disappointed that they eggs were very light blue, tinted really. After paying so much this was not a good first impression. As it turned out, they were great layers. Flighty. Good foragers. Bossy. Very dependable layers of large to jumbo eggs. Several go broody each year. They mother well, are Ninja moms! They like to "wean" the chicks from mom early...say 8 weeks and they are done with motherhood. LOL. Notice right up front I said I bought in 2016. This month they have been laying 4 years. Still huge eggs, most every day, almost white shells now. And 3 went broody this year, again. I have 6 plus several offspring from hatching that are mixed...some lovely mint green eggs. Would buy again if only for the good eggs and their healthy longevity. They are expensive though for initial buy.”
“We love our two Super Blue Egg Layer girls. They are very good consistent layers. The prettiest medium and light blue eggs I‚Äôve ever seen. Nice clean yolks as well. I‚Äôm always pleased with my orders from My Pet Chicken.”
“I know with any breed it's hit or miss with temperament. Our Super Blue is about 3 months old and she is so friendly! I've raised chickens for a long time and have never had one in my house unless sick/needing treatment. This sweet girl follows me every where, even though she was raised by a broody hen with 5 other chicks outside. She loves people, is very curious and likes to come in the house and "visit". Seriously the most friendly chicken I've ever owned. We just adore her!”
“She's sweet. She's smart. She's outgoing. And she lays the biggest blue eggs every single day. I should have gotten 10 of her. I haven't had any trouble with being broody either.”
