Stromberg's Chicks & Game Birds - Minnesota — Attraction in Hackensack

Baby bird pictures added!!!! We had a modest coop with about 30 birds. This past winter during one of the blizzards that hit the east coast, we lost 20 birds due to a tree falling on the coop and predation. As keeping birds is a major part of our lives, relaxation, and sanity, we went looking to rebuild our flock.

We have always gone to local sources for my birds as we believe in seeing the animal to avoid the possible swindles. Having no luck at the local and a few distant ones, my neighbour – who raises chickens – recommended Stromberg’s. Having looked previously at online sources who list non-existent, infected, overpriced, and half-dead ones we were skeptical, however the healthy chickens persuaded us to look. We went online and looked at their offerings.

Their site is simple and direct without unnecessary navigation or endless pop-ups and squeezes. Like other retailers, they offer store gift cards, take various forms of credit and should one have questions there is a LIVE, knowledgeable, friendly person at the other end of their telephone number. Shipping is clearly explained, priced, and with tracking information from door to door.

The selection of pigeons and doves we found there were beyond our expectations. Racers, tumbler, show, and colours oh my! We settled on a pair of doves. We want to rebuild our flock plus the offered option of receiving a bonded pair was a huge bonus. They will select and pair the birds, even different types, if requested! We submitted our order and waited. They sent email notifications about the progress of our birds as well as telephoned us on the day of shipping.

When we received the tracking number, we eagerly watched for the updates on our mobiles.

24 hours after notification of the birds shipping, we received a call from the post office who was shocked to see healthy birds as they usually arrive in smaller cramped containers or small unfit boxes and sadly dead. They arrived in a huge ‘happy meal’ type box (see picture) with bedding and food. They were cooing, energetic, and slightly thirsty. We transferred them to a transport basket with food and water and went happily home.

At home we placed them into our separate nesting area to acclimate them to the coop, the weather, and then in a few days, the rest of the flock. They drank, ate, and seconds after putting nesting material inside they were at it. Podo and Kodo laid 2 eggs within 3 days of their arrival. I will say these doves are by far the best I have seen in several years. They are docile, used to being handled, and have integrated into the flock easily. They are healthy, lively, and beautiful examples of their colour. We are awaiting the new additions to the flock with broad smiles. Having such a positive experience, we ordered another bonded pair, albino and pied.

We plan using Stromberg’s exclusively as our bird source and recommend them confidently. We give then 5 stars as they truly...

Don't waste your money on liars and shady sales tactics, don't waste your money with this company and their lies. This company will lie to you all day and the response from the owner to these reviews shows me that they will continue to lie for the foreseeable future. We ordered chickens and were given a date that they would hatch and be shipped. We called once and the lady on he phone told us the chicks had hatched (this was a lie) and that they would be sent, we should expect them in the next few days. We called the next day for an update and were told the chicks had shipped! That we should check with the post office because they were on their way. Post office says they have no knowledge of the package, so, we called again today and the person pretended she didn't remember that she told us they had shipped. She claimed that we should have received a tracking number by now. Why would she mention this? She knew the chicks had "hatched" and "had shipped" and without a tracking number, how did she know they were shipped? (She didn't know because they weren't shipped, she simply lied during all three phone calls.) The sad answer is she just made it up. This time we demanded to speak with her supervisor, a miracle happened and she told the truth, the chicks haven't shipped, at all. Unless we had called daily and then demanded to speak to her supervisor she would have continued to lie and we would have continued to take off work to pick up baby chickens that they collected money for, but, they never sent and still to this day have not sent out. IF they ever do send them they will be FAR older than "day old chicks" this entire...

I would highly suggest looking elsewhere if you're planning on purchasing birds, or having anything to do with their customer service. I purchased a male black lace classic old frill pigeon from here and I've never seen a living thing shipped with such little regard. The bird was in a completely unmarked box, had tape over majority of the holes, and the top wasn't taped correctly so it ripped. I had contacted USPS about this, partially due to the bird having to go 48 hours without water, and they informed me of the unmarked box. When I contacted Stromberg's customer service the person I talked to, Heather, was beyond rude. They rudely talked over me from the beginning, claimed USPS was lying and insinuated that I was lying as well. I've since provided them with picture proof. They also tried to blame my local post office, which is run by the nicest people! The postal worker expressed his concern over the bird due to it not making any noise, but was able to look in through the large tear on top and see a living bird.

Over the years I've had dozens of living things mailed to me, including feeder insects and plants. Those had boxes labeled as containing live animals or live plants and were securely taped without covering the majority of the holes. All in all this interaction was by far the worst I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing, from how poorly the bird was shipped to how absolutely deplorable their customer service is. I will be purchasing from reputable breeders from now on and suggest that you do the same and not spend...