Feather Lovers Farms order— I’m worried.....

[happybooker1]

I ordered a dozen Ayam Cemani chicks from them about 6-7 weeks ago. I got an email from them that the chicks had been Express Mailed on Wednesday from CA.

Tracking number states they will be delivered by 8pm on SATURDAY!! To Where?? My house? This is from USPS, and our mail gets delivered around noon at my house.

What does this mean? These babies will be sitting in the PO until MONDAY??! Why would they have even planned on hatching eggs that late in the week?

I will email them tonight and we’ll see.

 

[JeanR]

Call your PO and tell them you are expecting LIVE CHICKS and to call you when they arrive at the PO. I live 10 miles from my PO on a long mail route. Even if the chicks arrive at the PO at 5 am, (any day of the week), will get a call and drive right in to pick them up. They let one in the back delivery door and are happy to have them go safely. Can you do this? Good luck and how I would like to see those BLACK chicks!

 

[Enchanted1s]

@happybooker1 It probably means they will be delivered to your local post office on Saturday. You need to call your local post office and ask what there procedure is for delivery of your live animals. Every post office has their own way of doing things, but most likely, they will call you when they arrive and have you come to the post office to pick them up. My post office called at 6am and I had them in my hands by 6:15.

You would probably get better answers if you went to the PO in person - but you must at least call. My babies just arrived yesterday morning The waiting is the worst! You might get lucky and have them arrive Friday. I have read a couple of people that received theirs a day earlier than the tracking said. My tracking number was pretty much useless, but mine did arrive on Wednesday - as scheduled.

 

[Kenny_]

I'm sure the post office will call you and tell you to come get them.. I've never heard of a post office delivering live chicks, but there's always a first for everything, I guess.

 

[JeanR]

f you are on a rural route and don't pick then up at the PO before they are placed for delivery, they would take 4-6 hours before arriving at my farm. And if the car/truck is too cold or too warm, bouncing on our rural roads--not a good thing (or if postman or postlady smokes--some do) yuckkkkk. Our PO is very cooperative and so good to work with--hope yours is, too!

 

[Pyxis]

I had the exact same thing happen, also with an order from FLF. The chicks were delayed and, I'm sad to say, most of them were dead when they arrived. I lost the rest soon after. They sent me a replacement order and even though those did not get lost, those chicks too arrived mostly dead.

And then, since they were working with me and had offered to send another shipment if I bought more chicks from them so they could send a larger number at once, I left them a positive review. They immediately stopped responding to my messages and did not ever send more chicks after that.

By the way, you probably will get them Saturday. If your local post office is not open that day, live bird shipments will go to a post office that is open. This happened to me several times with chick orders and adult birds being shipped in. I had to drive the town over to pick them up. That's what you may end up having to do.

From the shipping time-frame, it sounds like they sent them priority, not express. Hatcheries often ship chicks via priority and it takes two or three days for them to arrive. I'd never want to do that after Tuesday though, because what if they do get delayed a day? Then they would sit in transit over the weekend.

I hope your chicks arrive safe. Be ready with a warm brooder for them and food and water ready to go. Have poultry nutri-drench on hand so that you can administer it to any that are weak and need a boost.

 

[happybooker1]

It’s the “by Saturday at 8 PM” that scares me. My PO is DEFINITELY closed by then. I know the lobby closes at noon.

I’m planning to go today n talk to them about it.

I have their cage ready & Nutridrench to take TO the P.O.

 

[happybooker1]

My P.O. Carrier called me this AM & said chicks were there! Hooray. Of course I had to do something this morning but I should be able to pick them up at the PO before they close @ 4:30. Update after I pick them up.

 

[happybooker1]

I had opened the box with some trepidation after I got home and was happy to find 12 all-black chicks and 1 yellow/brown “heater” chick all cheeping away vigorously.

 

[HurricaneCoops]

May I check? Its been a few days, how are your new chicks doing?

Could you post some pictures of them?