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Chicks mailed yesterday. PO says will be delivered tomorrow. Will they survive?

post #1 of 6
6/19/12 at 12:11pm
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Our chicks from Meyer were mailed yesterday using express mail.  The PO says they did not come on today's truck.  Can they live another day without food/water?

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post #2 of 6
6/19/12 at 12:22pm

Yes usually they will be alright up 2 days unless they get chilled or very hot. You still might have a coupled dead.
 

I have Bantam welsummers, Bantam Cuckoo Marans, Bantam Wc black polish, Bantam Olive eggers, MGB, LF Welsummers, BCM, Wild type turkeys RioxEastern, Ringneck pheasants blacks and 1 blue roo and bunch of free range birds

 

 
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I have Bantam welsummers, Bantam Cuckoo Marans, Bantam Wc black polish, Bantam Olive eggers, MGB, LF Welsummers, BCM, Wild type turkeys RioxEastern, Ringneck pheasants blacks and 1 blue roo and bunch of free range birds

 

 
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post #3 of 6
6/19/12 at 3:34pm

Five out of ten chicks I just got today (ordered Monday) from Cackle Hatchery were dead, so anything can happen. I think of it as basically rolling dice; you either get it good or you don't. Most chick orders I've heard of end pretty good, so I think there's a good chance they'll all live.

I am a Roman-Catholic Chicken Girl and proud to be one! Proud owner of 1 Easter Egger rooster, 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 Silver-Laced Wyandotte hens, 1 ISA Brown hen, 3 Cherry Egger pullets, 5 Barred Rock pullets, 4 Silkie chicks, 3 Ameraucana chicks, 1 Mille Fleur d'Uccle chick, 1 Porcelain d'Uccle chick, 9 Cornish Rock cross chicks and 1 spunky, independent Black Star hen!

 

 

 

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I am a Roman-Catholic Chicken Girl and proud to be one! Proud owner of 1 Easter Egger rooster, 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 Silver-Laced Wyandotte hens, 1 ISA Brown hen, 3 Cherry Egger pullets, 5 Barred Rock pullets, 4 Silkie chicks, 3 Ameraucana chicks, 1 Mille Fleur d'Uccle chick, 1 Porcelain d'Uccle chick, 9 Cornish Rock cross chicks and 1 spunky, independent Black Star hen!

 

 

 

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post #4 of 6
6/19/12 at 7:52pm
Agreed. It's a crap shoot dependent on weather, how gentle the postal employees are in moving the box around, the inherent strength and health of the chicks, etc.

Mine shipped on a Monday from Ohio to CT and arrived 6a on a Wednesday - USPS tracking said "guaranteed" by Tuesday 3p. All 7 alive, even the silkies. We got lucky I think. If we weren't trying to get sexed bantams I wouldn't have chosen a hatchery that has to deliver by mail.

I'm hoping for a good outcome for your babies. Many many people receive theirs after more than 1 day and they're OK.
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post #5 of 6
6/20/12 at 11:01am
So......did they arrive? All OK?
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post #6 of 6
6/20/12 at 6:51pm

Our Freedom Rangers hatched and shipped on a Wednesday.  According to the routing ticket on their box, they went from Philly to Ft. Worth to Oklahoma City to Chicago to us.  They arrived on first truck on Saturday morning.  I was a basket case!  (This was in early April, and a hard freeze happened on Thursday and Friday nights - very widespread).  All 26 arrived alive and well. 

 

First thing is to introduce EACH one to the waterer.  Dip beak into water at least three drink-fulls.  Once that's done, they'll find the food on their own. 

 

fl.gif  Here's praying for a good outcome!

-- Blessed are the flexible, for they will not break --

Beloved spouse of wonderful husband, Mom to two men-in-training, 6 Eastern 3-toed box turtles, 1 spoiled parrotlet, 1 pompous feline and a jealous dog.  Growing Black Java laying flock - 5 hens (hatched 4/1/11) - with 1 hen added (5/20/12)  - with 5 incubated models (2/7/13) and now 5 eggs in the bator!  Love our Java's!  Meaties on order...

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-- Blessed are the flexible, for they will not break --

Beloved spouse of wonderful husband, Mom to two men-in-training, 6 Eastern 3-toed box turtles, 1 spoiled parrotlet, 1 pompous feline and a jealous dog.  Growing Black Java laying flock - 5 hens (hatched 4/1/11) - with 1 hen added (5/20/12)  - with 5 incubated models (2/7/13) and now 5 eggs in the bator!  Love our Java's!  Meaties on order...

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