You are right chickenfever - I'm very sorry. I was just trying to follow up on some threads and completely forgot this one started under an auction listing. NOT an appropriate place for this discussion
Here is the text from the postal regs:
9.3.5 Adult Chickens
Adult chickens must be sent by Express Mail. The Express Mail containers used must pass the standards in
International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) Test Procedure 1A (detailed in Publication 2, Packaging for Mailing);
be designed...