Do NOT order baby chicks by mail right now.

[drinkoj]

I would say it was a USPS fault, not the hatchery. Again, I'm trying not to go political on this thread...but ya'll about to push a fellow to it

 

[Panhandler80]

EDIT:

Self moderating. I'm going to keep it chicken-oriented. No politics here.

 

[RobertaD1]

Now is a REALLY good time to support your local breeders and local hatcheries.
I know Im lucky that I have 2 good hatcheries within just a few hours of me, but if I didn't... I wouldn't have them shipped at this time. I would wait till spring. Everything is just WhAcK right now!

 

[Ihavesomechickens]

In the case of postal delivery, I can’t see how the hatchery could be at fault unless:
1. They ship sick or dead chicks. But, really can’t imagine a hatchery packing up dead or obviously ill chicks.

2. they ship older chicks (not day olds, that have their yolk reserved), but then they don’t meet postal regulation of shopping day old chicks..

3. They ship in an inappropriate box, such as without ventilation.

4. They ship at a strange time, like maybe Friday night or Saturday afternoon, when *maybe* the time to deliver may take longer.

otherwise, once the chicks are in the hands of USPS, it’s their fault -or the fault of their Sub-contractors If the chicks dont arrive on time, or are mishandled.


well prior to COVID, I’ve received dead chicks and had very lengthy delivery times On packages.

2/3/4 are all some reasons.

A lot of hatcheries will ship on Thursdays ( not a good day), and forget to mark their packages with the appropriate instructions for postal workers. They might also save chicks from hatches for multiple days in order to fulfill a request. None of that is good, but not all hatcheries will do that. Just like how not shipments of chicks arrive dead. Shipping live animals is a difficult task.

 

[21hens-incharge]

My chicks are already cooking in the incubator. The timer goes off on Wednesday. I expect them Fruday. I ordered through a local feed store who added them to their large order.

If they don't make it I shall exercise my legal right/privilege to own a rooster here in town. That is unlikely to go over well with the neighbors.......

Maybe driving to Cackle would be better......

 

[ChristinLewin]

I see a ton of articles around the interwebs that are all referring to Rep. Pingree's statements about issues in Maine and New Hampshire, but nothing around the rest of the country. I see Postal carriers driving our route a minimum of twice per day (sometimes three) here in Maryland. The only delays we've experienced have been weather-related. Given the political climate, the fighting over the mail-in ballots for the upcoming election, the back-and-forth over the latest gazillion-dollar spending bill in Congress of money we don't have, and the scheduled testimony today of the Postmaster General DeJoy... this sounds an awful lot like political hay. Shouldn't we also see articles and complaints all across the country if this was a larger issue?

I’m in Frederick County! How about you?

 

[BleuSaphir]

I work in the Post Office plant in Socal. I honestly cannot stand working here. Post office is dysfunctional how they conduct business. Too many employees in the plant are beyond lazy and entitled. Management is worse. They have a mentality to compete back at their competitors. But Amazon other competitors have better sophistication of work flow system. So it hard for them to match their system with post office using dated technology and old decaying machines. LOL
Management tries hard to cut down labor force but it seem to backfire on them too much to waste more money. They literally have no brains here...I would NEVER would hire any of them for management position if I had my own company! And I’m behind serious.

I remember I told management I think it was a bad idea to dispatch live baby chickens on top of the full containers after dispatch. They should have their own containers going to the intended destinations. I been called out for being silly to waste containers...