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I don't blame you in the least. THEY screwed up and should have AT LEAST covered the cost of shipping the wrong "item". The vet bills? well, I don't know since a lot of people do their own "doctoring" for worms and such. I've been lucky to not have issues but then I am a "only got chicks once"...

How nice that he has a good home. Has the replacement pullet arrived yet?

The only way to stay sane!!! I hope all the bumps in your road have been crossed now.

Just thinking out loud since I think you know I have only the girls I got all at the same time 3 years ago as day olds so I am inexperienced in such things: Would it be beneficial to not put ANY birds in the new coop until you can do them all together? I'm wondering if having them all a little...

Frankly Sylvester, I think it is incumbent on the breeder to make sure the birds they send have ZERO parasites or other obvious health issues. We aren't talking day olds here but birds that are probably close to POL (though I don't know if Breda are late bloomers in that respect). For what they...

Beautiful bird BlueJay

Do your Chanteclers go broody? I had 2 Partridge Chanteclers, both broody as all get out. One didn't lay from mid October to mid February then started with 1 egg every 3 days until mid March when she keeled over in March at < 2 years old. The other is the primary reason I had at least 1 egg...

Sounds like a whole lot of "not done right". I imagine the P.O.s here get live animals more often than yours. No question of a live animal leaving the P.O. other than with the person to whom they are sent. I still don't think USPS would have ANY info on the FedEx flights. My understanding of...

USPS loses a lot of money because federal law REQUIRES them to fully fund the pension for 75 years. Yes, pensions for future employees who aren't even born yet are covered 100%. It will take an act of Congress to change it to something reasonable. Like fully funding the pensions of people...

Quote: Popping in because Sylvester mentioned Breda in a coop thread (yeah, we get off topic and I think it is MY fault!) and knowing nothing about them I am researching. Always wanting to know more for planning purposes Anyway, watch that turkey. A friend of mine ended up with a LOT of 50...