Expecting chicks * and their here with Pics

[terry's chicks]

Let us know, excited for you, I got mine Monday am, but mine came from McMurrary and didn't get a e-mail till about 7pm Sunday and they were here at 6am Mon. Just be ready and keep us posted.

 

[Caddy-Corner-Chick]

LOL okay I think I am going to call Ideal again and double check about when they shipped out since I never did receive my email and it didn't go to spam, and my receipt said they would of shipped out the 7th... I am going to set my alarm clock for 5 am so I am up and ready and trust me there will be pictures posted...

Okay I am calling IDEAL again ....

Darn I got a recording.... Well I guess I will find out in the morning if they are here or not..

 

[blueseal]

my order from MEYER HATCHERY shipped lastnight at 4pm. i should have them tommorow morning at my post office. meyer has a login account where you can check your order status.. i checked lastnight and this morning and it said my order was in process i checked again at 330pm today and it said they shipped at 356 pm on 3/7/11. yippee 25, white leghorn females coming. does anyone now if the tracking # works for being able to track there whereabouts. a have a number.

 

[columbiacritter]

Does Ideal usually send an email they have shipped? This is my first time buying form them. Mine are supposed to ship next week.

 

[enggass]

Hey Wayne,
25 Leghorns, eh? How many of what do you have now? Curious...
Steve

 

[blueseal]

Hey Steve. me and my brother are splitting the 25 leghorns. i have 10, 17 week old ri reds in my grower coop right now that i got a couple weeks ago off of craigslist. drove all the way to poland maine to get them. also have 8 laying hens in my big coop. they are 4 ri reds. 2 white leghorns. 2 black sex links. 4 of those 8 are this years birds. i rehomed 10 older layers about 2 weeks ago to make room for all the new layers. i sell my extra eggs. usually my eggs fly out of the fridge quick. so i figured leghorns and reds should keep the egg flow going.

 

[sillyovrsilkies]

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I've ordered from Ideal twice-once back in Sept. and again in Feb. both times they sent an email confirmation. In Sept. they were shipped on a Wed. and arrived by Fri.; however, in Feb. they shipped on Wed. and didn't arrive until Sat. morning. Unfortunately, we had really low temps (single digits) that week and out of the 26 I ordered 23 arrived DOA and the other 3 (barely alive) died later that afternoon. I'm not sure why it took an extra day for them to arrive, but obviously the cold weather got the best of them. I had been perfectly happy with my purchase from Ideal previously, but needless to say, when I reordered I ordered through My Pet Chicken (Ideal refunded my money, but you never forget the sight of opening a box of dead chicks). Yes, the shipping is quite a bit more with MPC, but it's well worth it in my opinion b/c they are shipped overnight AND they include a heating device to keep the chicks warm.

 

[Caddy-Corner-Chick]

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I've ordered from Ideal twice-once back in Sept. and again in Feb. both times they sent an email confirmation. In Sept. they were shipped on a Wed. and arrived by Fri.; however, in Feb. they shipped on Wed. and didn't arrive until Sat. morning. Unfortunately, we had really low temps (single digits) that week and out of the 26 I ordered 23 arrived DOA and the other 3 (barely alive) died later that afternoon. I'm not sure why it took an extra day for them to arrive, but obviously the cold weather got the best of them. I had been perfectly happy with my purchase from Ideal previously, but needless to say, when I reordered I ordered through My Pet Chicken (Ideal refunded my money, but you never forget the sight of opening a box of dead chicks). Yes, the shipping is quite a bit more with MPC, but it's well worth it in my opinion b/c they are shipped overnight AND they include a heating device to keep the chicks warm.

I fear getting a box full of dead chicks, I know I am setting myself up for a few possibly dead and that is why I am so stoked about getting up first thing in the morning. I am quite surprised they never sent me a confirmation email stating they were shipped, but the girl on the phone said the computer stated they were shipped.
I doubt I will sleep well again tonight in anticipation of those chicks arriving safe.

 

[N&MSchroeder]

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Go to:
http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm

Good luck with your delivery.

 

[columbiacritter]

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I've ordered from Ideal twice-once back in Sept. and again in Feb. both times they sent an email confirmation. In Sept. they were shipped on a Wed. and arrived by Fri.; however, in Feb. they shipped on Wed. and didn't arrive until Sat. morning. Unfortunately, we had really low temps (single digits) that week and out of the 26 I ordered 23 arrived DOA and the other 3 (barely alive) died later that afternoon. I'm not sure why it took an extra day for them to arrive, but obviously the cold weather got the best of them. I had been perfectly happy with my purchase from Ideal previously, but needless to say, when I reordered I ordered through My Pet Chicken (Ideal refunded my money, but you never forget the sight of opening a box of dead chicks). Yes, the shipping is quite a bit more with MPC, but it's well worth it in my opinion b/c they are shipped overnight AND they include a heating device to keep the chicks warm.

Ironic, I ordered from Ideal after 2 tragic shippings from MPC.