chicks from hatchery are dead on delivery (pics of healthy chicks)

[spoonie]

That may be true, HeadHen. Though, it was pretty darn cold the morning I picked mine up.

 

[sugarbush]

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Every zip code has a post office. If you go on usps.gov and put in your zip code it will tell you the location of your post office.....That is the post office that the chicks will arrive at. Most hatcherys put your contact number on the box and you just have to call the post office to let them know you are expecting chicks and want to pick them up when they come in. usually the mail arives at night so it will be a real early phone call.....this last batch they called me at 5:30 and I picked them up at 6:00 am. Two days in the mail with 90 degree temps and they all lived.

 

[ChickenToes]

Ugh...same thing happened to me on Wednesday morning, except mine were ducklings.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=76531

 

[Promiselandfarm]

Call the hatchery you got the chicks from and let them know. Mine were the ones all dead on arrival. Our post officed opens at 8am and I got a call at 7:30 that they arrived there dead. It was unpleasant to have to go and pickup dead chicks! Especially since I was double billed. Also every zip does not have a post office...37171 Southside Tn where my mom lives...they closed it to save money for the tax payers so she gets to drive to 37052 post office and they have off hours!! like open late... long long lunch(with doors locked) and then to open again for only a few hours and then closed by 4
I hope the rest of your chicks are fine....

 

[dftkarin]

I knew (and called and confirmed with the hatchery) the date they were hatched and being shipped, I called my local PO a week ahead of time and then again the day they were shipped and although my chicks hatched on a Wednesday and were shipped from Texas on Wednesday and not really expected to get the PO in Massachusetts until Friday, they arrive Thursday morning!! The PO called me at 6:30 to tell me my birds had arrived, I was there by 9am to get them and bring them home to water and food and a heatlamp. They have all survived.

 

[sugarbush]

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I would have told them to dispose of them and not wasted the gas picking them up. Cities have a dead animal "patrol" and if it's a small town the PO has a dumpster.

 

[BirdBoy88]

So sorry you lost some babies

 

[sugarbush]

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If the 37171 and 37052 are combined then they still both have a PO

If you go to usps.gov and put either in it will tell you where the PO is.

I checked them out and those are some odd hours.... I would like a lunch from 11:00 - 1:30 too.

 

[willkatdawson]

This is what happened when I ordered. They were due to ship from Texas on Wed. One day at the mailbox I asked my postman who I should call. He gave me the # and name of the person at the local distribution center. They are the first people to get the mail before they send it to your local PO. I called them and let them know the chicks were on the way and would they let me know when they had made it that far.
They called and said the chicks were in and would be sent to the local PO and be there within 2 hours and that as soon as they got to the PO the person at the PO would call me.
We live in a area that has 2 local PO so they asked me which one to send them to.
We waited 1H 45M and went up to the PO. They said the chicks had been there for a little over an hour. I asked why they had not called me and they said they never call people. I had called this location on the day before the chicks came in and asked for a call when the got there.
Hope ya'll have better luck than I have had with mine.
I lost one more during the night and one looks weak. Doing all I can.

 

[stefmech]

I just received my first order of chicks Tuesday. I feel so lucky that mine were all healthy. I ordered from MPC. They ship express and always on Mondays.

I called the post office on Monday to know how to pick them up and they said since they were shipped express, I would have them by Tuesday. They pick up express mail at the airport in the mornings and would call me by 9:30 am to pick them up. I live in AZ and they were shipped from CT. Believe it or not they were in transit less than 24 hours. I had them in my home by 9:30am on Tuesday - unbelievable.

It was a great experience.