10 Started Black Copper Marans 3 weeks old

[master.of.chicken]

These chicks will be three weeks old, and shipped on Febuary 8th My flock has been tested by the national poultry improvement plan (NPIP). Tested and certified free of the most common avian diseases. Come see more about my breeds, and my farm here. www.chickenscratchpoultry.com Im offering for action 10 straight run Black Copper Marans. These are started Chicks, and will be three weeks old on February 6th. These Birds are from the Wade Jeane line, president of the American Marans Club. Imported from France. The eggs are used by Many world renowned chefs. Black Copper Marans were developed in France and are famous for their chocolate brown eggs. The English standard calls for clean legs, we breed to the French standard of feathered legs. Black Copper Marans are believed to have the darkest egg color of all the breeds. These pictures are of my birds, and there eggs. I take Paypal With prompt payment I will ship these on February 8th. I ship to the lower 48 states only. Shipping will be $37.00 express mail. I will e-mail a tracking number to the high bidder after shipment.

 

[Katy]

You really need to think about shipping chicks that age. They're not like day olds that don't need to eat or drink right away and they aren't going to be feathered enough to maintain their body temperature with the temps most of us have been having.

here is the USPO link to what ages of poultry are mailable.
http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_007.htm#ep184002

 

[kathyinmo]

Oh my, you are not going to ship chicks at 3 weeks old, are you? Please don't! The post office should not even accept them, as per their rules on shipping poultry.

 

[Katy]

Now they're listing these chicks on eggbid!

 

[ranchhand]

Shipping at that age almost guarantees dead chicks. Especially since the weather will be either too hot or too cold wherever they're shipped to.

Couldn't help but wonder about the one bidder- never has posted or started a topic? Totally anonymous. Wonder if it's same person, different username?

Shipping at that age is not acceped by USPS. So you will ignore the USPS rules and lie to them in order to ship chicks and make money? Tsk, tsk, not a very good way to build a good reputation.
Excellent way to ruin a reputation though.

 

[Katy]

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It should definately be buyer beware. Since it's against the rules to ship birds that age you won't even be covered by insurance if they all die in route.

 

[kathyinmo]

Maybe we should alert the post office in this sellers area? Sellers website is included in the auction, so we could ...
Simply, it is against postal regulations, and maybe they (PO) don't know about it. Not to mention the stress on the chicks .... IF they survive the trip!

 

[speckledhen]

You cannot legally ship 3 week old chicks and since this is your business, you should really know this. If you have different information, please PM me. Thank you.