HOORAY for MPC: Coffeelady3 & I got chicks. WEIRD UPDATE post 5

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JennsPeeps

JennsPeeps

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Our 7-chick order arrived with all babies living & breathing, just 24 hours from their ship date (yesterday).

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HOORAY!!
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Now, if only I were at home instead of at work.
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I haven't even seen them yet!!

ETA pics!! DBF just sent me pics!!

Meet...

BEAKER (blue Polish):
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MISS PIGGY (Australorp):
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and DOZER (Barred Plymouth Rock):
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I was so excited about my chicks & dying to get home to see them. It's a awfully good thing that I didn't leave work.

Around 11:30 I get a call from the campus mailing services (I work for a large university). I thought it was weird that they were calling me. The guy says, "We've got a box of chicks here for you." I could hear them in the background.

1. We're not supposed to get personal stuff at work.
2. I didn't order chicks.
3. I certainly have chicks sent to my OFFICE!!

I called coffeelady3 & DBF to tell them. I promised DBF that I did NOT order more chicks.

As I dashed across campus to pick them up, all I could think was that these were duplicates of the 3 chicks I'd ordered to coffeelady3's (Dena) order. They had't shown up on her order number but MPC assured me they'd be in the order. They were.

Maybe these chicks were a duplicate of the 7-chick order?

During my walk across campus I'm cracking up over the ridiculousness of this situation. What the heck am I going to do with chicks for the afternoon? I was going to have to clear my schedule and get these babies home.

I finally found the mailing building. They got "my" chicks and I was apologizing profusely about getting something like this at work. They seemed nonplussed. I signed for my babies and then asked if I could use some scissors to open the box.

Inside was a bundle of chicks. Quite a few more than 7. I counted 12.

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OMG. I took them back to my office, where I found a box and a container for some water. I recounted.

14 chicks

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Back in Feb I'd submitted an order that had a few chicks for 5 different people. I cancelled it (long story) and then added to Dena's order. Well, guess what. This surprise shipment is that cancelled order.

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I've got:
1 - partridge silkie pullet
1 - buff laced polish pullet
2 – buff orpington pullet
1 – black sex-link
2 – gold-laced Wyandotte
1 – barred Plymouth Rock
1 - white-crested blue polish pullet
1 - australorp pullet
1 - silver-laced wyandotte
1 - blue cochin
1 – black crested polish
1 – silver-laced polish

Holy moly.

I've already found homes for 8-9 of them, plus I'm going to keep the blue cochin and maybe the buff polish. We live in the city and this would take us to 10 chickens.

Holy moly. I don't know what else to say.
 
Even when we truly arent trying to get more chicks... they show up! LOL I would keep the doubles of the ones you ordered just in case you end up with a roo.


Congrats on uh... all your chicks!
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Nancy
 

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