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

[Yemimah]

Reaching out for help ....please read my post. I need a timely response.

 

[dan26552]

Reaching out for help ....please read my post. I need a timely response.

I don't know, sorry

 

[casportpony]

Reaching out for help. Post office did not call me soon enough when chicks arrived. I think they may have overheated as the day was hot here in Florida. Oh well. I gave all of them electrolytes and grow gel period I really worked with the lethargic ones but I lost one already period I have one that walks aound crying even though the breeder is warm at 92 to 95 degrees. He won't eat. And I'm about to lose another one it's just beyond saving it will not respond period I've even tried wet Kickstarter with it and everything. I'm usually very good with chicks and I have no losses but these guys were Zapped when I got them. Any help with the one that's crying and crying even though he's warm period and won't eat. I think he's savable if he'll eat. I take him over to the water and dip his beak and he can stand up and swallow it so

Can you post some pictures of your setup?

 

[meltel]

Reaching out for help. Post office did not call me soon enough when chicks arrived. I think they may have overheated as the day was hot here in Florida. Oh well. I gave all of them electrolytes and grow gel period I really worked with the lethargic ones but I lost one already period I have one that walks aound crying even though the breeder is warm at 92 to 95 degrees. He won't eat. And I'm about to lose another one it's just beyond saving it will not respond period I've even tried wet Kickstarter with it and everything. I'm usually very good with chicks and I have no losses but these guys were Zapped when I got them. Any help with the one that's crying and crying even though he's warm period and won't eat. I think he's savable if he'll eat. I take him over to the water and dip his beak and he can stand up and swallow it so

Try to make a wet mash mixed with scrambled eggs and that the water you are using is luke warm with some vitamins and electrolytes in it.

 

[Blooie]

Run, don't walk, to the nearest feed store and get some Nutridrench, giving it as per bottle directions. Sounds like massive shipping stress to me. Good luck!

 

[meltel]

Reaching out for help ....please read my post. I need a timely response.

did you get them from a hatchery?if so, most have a 72 hour guarantee. if not, file a claim with the post office for your loss.

 

[Blooie]

did you get them from a hatchery?if so, most have a 72 hour guarantee. if not, file a claim with the post office for your loss.

The notice that was on My Pet Chicken, a mail order hatchery, specifically says that the post office has restrictions on accepting claims for chicks, even though they are supposed to "guarantee" packages sent. I copied and pasted this from that site, although since all hatcheries have to use the Postal Service the USPS policy would be the same and not My Pet Chicken specific.

Q: My chicks were delivered a day late by the post office. Will they refund my shipping since they didn't meet the overnight Express Mail guarantees?

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A:

Unfortunately, no. USPS does NOT guarantee overnight Express delivery for live animals, as much as we would like them to. We agree: it seems a little crazy that the MOST important packages aren't subject to the same guarantees that much less sensitive packages have... but that is their policy. This is excerpted from their website (choose the "special handling" tab on that page):

What Needs Special Handling?
Special Handling Service is required for unusual items that need different handling through the mail, like live poultry and bees. This service is only available at your Post Office™.
Ordinary items that are breakable or fragile don’t need special handling if they are packed with the right cushioning, and marked clearly with the word “FRAGILE.” Add Registered Mail™ to further protect valuable or irreplaceable items.
What mail services are compatible with Special Handling?

• Express Mail®
• Priority Mail®
• First-Class Mail®
• Parcel Post®
• Media Mail®
• Mailing Live Animals

Live animal shipments (including poultry, reptiles, and bees) have very specific packaging requirements. Though you can drop them off at any Post Office, it might take longer to ship depending on the availability of transportation. With a few exceptions, pets and warm-blooded animals such as cats, gerbils, hamsters, mice, and dogs can’t go in the mail.
Live animal shipments using Express Mail® should expect a 2- to 3-day transport, so try shipping early in the week and avoiding holiday weeks with limited acceptance days and times. Express Mail postage will not be refunded unless the delivery or attempted delivery is more than 3 days after the day of mailing.​

Even though the Post Office won't refund your postage, as a part of My Pet Chicken's 100% Live Arrival Guarantee, in addition to refunding the cost of lost chicks, we do cover shipping costs in some circumstances (out of our own pockets). Read details of our 100% Live Arrival Guarantee here and in the related questions below.

 

[BantyChooks]

Reaching out for help. Post office did not call me soon enough when chicks arrived. I think they may have overheated as the day was hot here in Florida. Oh well. I gave all of them electrolytes and grow gel period I really worked with the lethargic ones but I lost one already period I have one that walks aound crying even though the breeder is warm at 92 to 95 degrees. He won't eat. And I'm about to lose another one it's just beyond saving it will not respond period I've even tried wet Kickstarter with it and everything. I'm usually very good with chicks and I have no losses but these guys were Zapped when I got them. Any help with the one that's crying and crying even though he's warm period and won't eat. I think he's savable if he'll eat. I take him over to the water and dip his beak and he can stand up and swallow it so

Blooie's advice is good... Best of luck
(Sorry, thought I responded earlier)

 

[BantyChooks]

Guess I ran everyone off...

 

[casportpony]

Guess I ran everyone off...

I was out feeding ponies.