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I agree totally, people here in the north should wait for the weather to break before setting a delivery date for their chicks. I always wait till end of march at the earliest.
The first shipment was a fluke, -18 in central OH is not the norm for the 1st of March. 30 chicks in a box should be fine on a normal 3 day trip in March. But nothing is going to survive at -18. I mistakenly assumed they would ship on a M/T/W, not a Fri/Sat the prior week. Had I had any idea they were shipping Sat for Tuesday, I'd have cancelled it.
The second was NOT a weather related delay. It was an inexplicable routing to GEORGIA from Iowa. The normal route is IA to MN to Columbus. Overnight to 2 days tops as its under a 9hr ride by car. They screwed up. It was a mistake on their part. The box accidentally went to GA and then sat for 2+ days in GA. Weather played no part and it was not cold those days. But when something ships out on Saturday and arrives on a Thursday and they couldn't care less, then I feel like it's a USPS issue.
Lesson learned. I will drive the 250 miles to the hatchery next year. At least that's only a few hours in the car.
But I do maintain that USPS has serious issues and they're getting worse. And because of that fact, the hatcheries may need to pay closer attention to the weather or they're going to be replacing chicks left and right.
It will be hot here very shortly and then it will be fried chicks instead. If USPS has no ability or desire to change what's broken then businesses are going to need to change their policies.