At the mercy of USPS

[Tonyroo]

I just wanted to hear from everyone who receive and ship eggs online, there experiences with getting there packages on time or not from USPS.

I read today that the new Postmaster General wants to revamp the financial state of USPS. Involving employee overtime being removed. Which impacts all Americans who use USPS during the Pandemic State were in. After reading that I decided not to buy eggs online for a while, since it is a sensitive package.

So please share your story.

 

[Lilalienangel]

Well here is my recent experience.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/usps-super-slow-shipping-egg-broody-help-please.1397576

 

[CapricornFarm]

Even though you might buy insurance on eggs, usps will not pay if they are destroyed. Even worse with live birds.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I haven't had any issues with the USPS delivery my daughter ordered eggs they got shipped Thursday and arrived Saturday morning when I ordered eggs they were shipped on Tuesday and arrived on Thursday all in perfect condition and hatched these are the ones we just got

 

[CapricornFarm]

I haven't had any issues with the USPS delivery my daughter ordered eggs they got shipped Thursday and arrived Saturday morning when I ordered eggs they were shipped on Tuesday and arrived on Thursday all in perfect condition and hatched these are the ones we just got

That's great!

 

[doughouse]

Until Congress is able to pass a veto-proof bill funding the USPS I have a feeling this issue is going to get worse for those of us who get poultry/eggs through USPS. And even if such a bill were to get passed, Louis DeJoy is still going to be at the helm. Call your representatives. Do it today. I've had to hold two little weak, dehydrated chicks as they died after entirely avoidable shipping delays: I don't want anyone else to ever have to go through that.

 

[Tonyroo]

Well my recent mishap was with shipping live mealworms, I had waited 2 weeks prior cause they were developing. So when they were ready, they shipped it out USPS Priority on a Friday, never got the package on arrival date.

I waited for 3 more days kept looking on tracking, even went down to see if the postmaster had better info on where my package was. And was told that my tracking update is the same for them, so that was no help.

So I asked the mealworm company to send me a replacement and they did but shipped it with FEDEX. It got to my house a day earlier than expected. My 1st mealworm package finally got here 2 weeks after my initial arrival date they were all dead.

I'm getting weary with USPS and with elections coming soon I'm gonna be upset if they mess that up.

 

[Flockincrazy]

Well my recent mishap was with shipping live mealworms, I had waited 2 weeks prior cause they were developing. So when they were ready, they shipped it out USPS Priority on a Friday, never got the package on arrival date.

I waited for 3 more days kept looking on tracking, even went down to see if the postmaster had better info on where my package was. And was told that my tracking update is the same for them, so that was no help.

So I asked the mealworm company to send me a replacement and they did but shipped it with FEDEX. It got to my house a day earlier than expected. My 1st mealworm package finally got here 2 weeks after my initial arrival date they were all dead.

I'm getting weary with USPS and with elections coming soon I'm gonna be upset if they mess that up.

That's why I have my own mealworm farm it was one of the best decisions I ever made and they are so easy to care for

 

[Tonyroo]

I didn't have any to start a farm so I bought it from a semi local company that does bugs as a business, but they were in the south part of the state and I'm up north. You would think it would be an easy trip for the package but nope. Oh well they are dealing with a lot of covid rise down there so I shouldn't be too upset.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I didn't have any to start a farm so I bought it from a semi local company that does bugs as a business, but they were in the south part of the state and I'm up north. You would think it would be an easy trip for the package but nope. Oh well they are dealing with a lot of covid rise down there so I shouldn't be too upset.

If you go into a petco or pet smart they have them thats how I started my farm with 500mealworms in 4mths I have thousands