Anyone else have chicks shipping this week? - Page 3

NO worries all! Chicks were in a tub(they are so small!) individually watered and hand fed by 10am!!! Hatch time on the box was 5AM yesterday so PO called me hour 26 and they were settled in by hour 29!  Local hatchery is the way to go  I think-- Their shipping box wasnt much bigger than a shoe box-- the round tub is about 3 ft diameter  I put a mesh window screen on it, my bad dog is locked in the car (and on leash)/ the puppy and blind old dog are snoozing in the back yard-- I cut off the bottoms of 2 cereal boxes and filled them with chick crumbles- and after a bit they all got the hang of it-- they are walking all over the feed a couple are napping in it, but I guess for the first day its just important for them to find the food and figure out how to eat it-- (I have real feeders but I wanted to get them going)-- I put in some electrolytes from TSC (they were out of SAV A CHICK) in the waterer--- its alittle chick one and put it out from the side of the tub so they could all crowd around it they seem to be doing fine--l I do worry whenever they go to sleep they go so limp..they are sleeping inlittle groups of 2 and 3 so I think the temp is good--must be 95 already!

I have a huge box that is 5 ft long by 4ft wide by 4 ft high (I had to cut down 1 side so I could acess the box)ready go but I wanted to make sure they were feeding and drinking well before giving them more room-- they are so little-- am working on setting up a little run next to my other one for them during the day so they can see the 4 Big chicks (they are only a month old) we have...

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Originally Posted by FunWithFowl 

I ordered 4 new babies from Meyer Hatchery to add to our flock that we started May 2012. They were supposed to be here July 10 by 3 pm. They didn't arrive as promised. I was almost frantic with worry! We received a call from the post office at 5 am this morning, July 11 To pick them up, we ran right over there. Unfortunately, 3 of our 4 girls had died. I'm so mad at the post office; they rerouted them leaving them sit at the post office in Ohio for 24 hours. Good news is our little survivor, Gloria (named after Gloria Gaynor, she sang 'I will sruvive') is doing really good. Meyer is sending us new chicks next week...... Hopefully I'll have a much happier tale next week!

It sounds like its the rerouting that is a big problem for chick shipping-- I think someone else had a bad outcome when they were rerouted through Ohio (maybe Ohio needs a call) I am so sorry for your loss, and happy for  you that you have a healthy strong girl left....

Thank you!  She is doing well physically, but I am worried about her being lonely.  Any thoughts?