How to ship a Serama in 6 easy steps - Page 3

I'll be shipping some birds sometime soon, will try to get photos and perhaps even a video.

For now, see my article here for more info:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4513311_ship-chicken-express-mail.html

Thanks! Yours was too. Great minds think alike, or as my Granny used to say "Small minds seldom differ."

Thanks for this thread..alot of good info in it!

If a 2 day express got from KY to CA in 1 day, would it be too risky to send 2 day priority instead of express ($25 vs $98) from Oregon to N.CA?
I wish I were free to just go get them!  1100 miles.
Then they could sit in my air conditioned car all the way home. 
Thanks,

I don't think the Post Office will allow you to ship live poultry via Priority, I'm pretty sure Express Mail is required.

The only live poultry that can be shipped priority are day-old (less than 24 hours) chicks

Thought I'd bump this up, since there is always a lot of people asking how to ship. This procedure would work for any type of bird, you'd just have to adjust the 'food' for the size of the bird. 

Has anyone ever used that grow gel that the hatcheries sell for the food/liquid? I wonder how well that would work on adult fowl?

You're right, of course. But not anything older.

I use the Grow-Gel Plus for all boxes of chicks I ship, and for started/adult birds use cut up apple pieces. I train them a bit in advance of shipment by putting apple pieces in their pens so they learn how tasty they are, then put some in the box when I ship. That keeps them somewhat fed and hydrated during shipment.