EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

After I dropped the box off chicks of at the post office yesterday, They called me when the truck driver got there and he said he was worried they wouldn't be able to get the chicks to CA in two days and wondered if I wanted to take them back.
I called the buyer and he said he was willing to take the chance since I probably won't hatch again till February.
That never happened to me before. I'm not too worried because the mail delays appear to only be in swing/battleground states.
Stats from the PO show that first class mail in normal times arrive on schedule 95% of the time.
Right now swing states mail is arriving on schedule 64% of the time.
The reason I'm not worried is that I'm not in a swing state and neither is CA. It is solid blue and we are a solid red state.

Is anyone else concerned about the possibility of violence erupting tomorrow or in the next few days? A local board up company here has stockpiled 3500 sheets of plywood.
I'm afraid to see the price of plywood at the big box stores.
 
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After I dropped the box of chicks of at the post office yesterday, They called me when the truck driver got there and he said he was worried they wouldn't be able to get the chicks to CA in two days and wondered if I wanted to take them back.
I called the buyer and he said he was willing to take the chance since I probably won't hatch again till February.
That never happened to me before. I'm not too worried because the mail delays appear to only be in swing/battleground states.
Stats from the PO show that first class mail in normal times arrive on schedule 95% of the time.
Right now swing states mail is arriving on schedule 64% of the time.
The reason I'm not worried is that I'm not in a swing state and neither is CA. It is solid blue and we are a solid red state.

Is anyone else concerned about the possibility of violence erupting tomorrow or in the next few days? A local board up company here has stockpiled 3500 sheets of plywood.
I'm afraid to see the price of plywood at the big box stores.
Glad I’m not needing plywood right now.
Soap from Sally 2-3 days max.
 
I just got an update on the shipped chicks. I dropped them off at the PO at 3 PM Sunday, they got on the truck just after 5:30 PM. But, they didn't leave town on their way to California till 9 PM the next day - that is express mail.

November 2, 2020, 9:06 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAINT LOUIS MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in SAINT LOUIS MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER on November 2, 2020 at 9:06 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.


That is 30 hours after I dropped them off that they left the distribution center a 30 minute drive from the receiving facility.
 
I just got an update on the shipped chicks. I dropped them off at the PO at 3 PM Sunday, they got on the truck just after 5:30 PM. But, they didn't leave town on their way to California till 9 PM the next day - that is express mail.

November 2, 2020, 9:06 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAINT LOUIS MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in SAINT LOUIS MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER on November 2, 2020 at 9:06 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.


That is 30 hours after I dropped them off that they left the distribution center a 30 minute drive from the receiving facility.
I was hoping for better news.
 
After I dropped the box off chicks of at the post office yesterday, They called me when the truck driver got there and he said he was worried they wouldn't be able to get the chicks to CA in two days and wondered if I wanted to take them back.
I called the buyer and he said he was willing to take the chance since I probably won't hatch again till February.
That never happened to me before. I'm not too worried because the mail delays appear to only be in swing/battleground states.
Stats from the PO show that first class mail in normal times arrive on schedule 95% of the time.
Right now swing states mail is arriving on schedule 64% of the time.
The reason I'm not worried is that I'm not in a swing state and neither is CA. It is solid blue and we are a solid red state.

Is anyone else concerned about the possibility of violence erupting tomorrow or in the next few days? A local board up company here has stockpiled 3500 sheets of plywood.
I'm afraid to see the price of plywood at the big box stores.
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I am very concerned as I have two sons in law enforcement.
 
I just got an update on the shipped chicks. I dropped them off at the PO at 3 PM Sunday, they got on the truck just after 5:30 PM. But, they didn't leave town on their way to California till 9 PM the next day - that is express mail.

November 2, 2020, 9:06 pm
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAINT LOUIS MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item departed our USPS facility in SAINT LOUIS MO DISTRIBUTION CENTER on November 2, 2020 at 9:06 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.


That is 30 hours after I dropped them off that they left the distribution center a 30 minute drive from the receiving facility.
How did you drop them off on a Sunday?
 
How did you drop them off on a Sunday?
We have a post office (zip 63138) about 7 miles from my house which is open from 2 PM to 4:30 PM on Sundays. The truck picks up at 5:30 PM just like every other day of the week.
I asked at my main post office last week and was delighted to discover there was a way to ship on Sunday so close to home.
Sadly, it didn't help.

ETA
I think we have at least 3 post offices open on Sunday. The main one downtown, the 63138 one in far north county and one in far south county.
 
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They arrived just now. One chick was dead and another is weak.
They sat at the distribution facility downtown for 30 hours before being forwarded.
No food or water for almost 70 hours.
This is the first chick I've ever lost in shipping.
 

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