I know most of you don't ship eggs or chicks but I do for a good part of the year. I am very concerned about the postal service right now. Between covid knocking out a sizable segment of the USPS workforce and mgt. efforts to slow service, I've never experienced such lack of speed in my life. Perhaps it was like this in 1918.
I had 3 packages a week before Christmas that sat in a USPS distribution center in California for two weeks before slowly making their way here. 3 weeks for 3 packages (express mail) a few ounces each and slightly larger than a deck of cards. I chalked that up to the Christmas rush.
In anticipation of butchering this week, I ordered heat shrink poultry bags two weeks ago. They shipped on the 9th from New York. By the 13th, they made it to Indianapolis. They sat there 4 days before moving on. They are still in the Twilight Zone with no indication when they'll make it the next 240 miles. 12 days hence and they're still sitting somewhere other than here.
I last shipped chicks on November 1st by express mail to California. It took them 3 days and luckily all survived the trip. I've delayed promoting chicks or eggs hoping that mail service will get back on track.
I'd hate to ship eggs at this rate much less chicks.
Am I starting to sound like a crybaby?
I had 3 packages a week before Christmas that sat in a USPS distribution center in California for two weeks before slowly making their way here. 3 weeks for 3 packages (express mail) a few ounces each and slightly larger than a deck of cards. I chalked that up to the Christmas rush.
In anticipation of butchering this week, I ordered heat shrink poultry bags two weeks ago. They shipped on the 9th from New York. By the 13th, they made it to Indianapolis. They sat there 4 days before moving on. They are still in the Twilight Zone with no indication when they'll make it the next 240 miles. 12 days hence and they're still sitting somewhere other than here.
I last shipped chicks on November 1st by express mail to California. It took them 3 days and luckily all survived the trip. I've delayed promoting chicks or eggs hoping that mail service will get back on track.
I'd hate to ship eggs at this rate much less chicks.
Am I starting to sound like a crybaby?
