Freaking out! Meyer Hatchery and/or the Post Office has lost my order! 1st UPDATE, PICS PAGE 3 - Mor

[harriedhomemaker]

Thanks, y'all! I'll definitely post pics once they finally get here.

 

[HathawayHens]

It might not make you feel any better, but I got my shipment from them this week... 25 assorted rare breed female chicks... I never got an email or tracking number either, called the PO Wed... no chicks... they finally arrived yesterday am and we sprinted over to get them - all but 6 have died (5 were doa, the rest soon followed) and two of those left look terrible. :*( I am guessing they just got stuck somewhere cold or something, but when major nursing care and electrolytes, syringe feeding, etc, can't save them it's just sad. Meyer was very nice when I spoke with them, and stunned at the loss count, so I don't believe this is a regular thing... but still, it's awful. Now what to do? Reship or refund and cut my losses? The problem is I can't get sexed pullets in the unusual breeds around here very easily. Sigh.

 

[harriedhomemaker]

Oh no, HathawayHens! That's horrible! What do you think you'll do?

 

[big mami]

I also had a NEVER DELIVERED order from Meyer just last month. They said they had shipped them, but nothing arrived. Ever. So I got my money back and ordered from Ideal instead. Got my chicks promptly and they were all alive and well. Couldn't be happier! And they cost less too!

 

[jeepguy982001]

i ordered from meyers in nov and got a tracking number. But with the regular post office it is pointless because you can't check it like with fed-ex or ups. I called prob 6 different P.O. trying to find were my birds were. Finally one P.O. i called said that yes they do scan all packages when they arrive it doesn't go into there system until that person hooks up their scanner before they leave work.

 

[harriedhomemaker]

UPDATE:

It's three strikes for Meyer Hatchery.


Last week they didn't ship my order.

This week I got a call that two of the breeds I wanted (Silver-Laced and Columbian Wyandotte) were unavailable. I understand that this can happen, but after last week's fiasco I was already impatient with Meyer. I was given a list to pick replacements from. None of the breeds were ones I had researched (I'm wanting dual-purpose, homestead chickens) so I just randomly picked some that sounded interesting! (Salmon Faverolle and Silver Lakenvelder)

Today I picked up my birds at 6 AM. Most seem pretty happy and healthy BUT they only shipped 16 of my 17 chicks.

I think I'll try Cackle next time.

Photos of the new babies:

 

[PaintedWolf]

Oh no, what a fiasco!

I'm happy to hear that the 16 you did receive arrived safely; however, after all of those mixups, I would order from a different hatchery next time as well.

 

[mommabice]

I can't believe that happened!

I ordered my eight chicks from Myer's (got them last month) and had no problems. I ordered from them b/c I could get a small order AND large variety. So weird how some orders can go totally right and then other orders can go so horribly wrong.

 

[JerseyHen]

That is so disappointing, especialy when you are so excited to get that box of fluffies. After all of that I cannot believe they wouldn't take the time to be sure your order was correct. My first shipment came from Welp as 17 DOA and 8 alive. They reshipped for me (all alive and accounted for in the next round). Shipping seems so iffy. It is a hard call when it is so hard to get what you want locally (and for a reasonable price).

I am not sure about lakenvelders (except that the roos are gorgeous), but I have some salmon faverolles and they are adorable and a lot of fun. They also lay very well (all winter in fact) and dealt well with both winter and summer in Northern NJ. Apparently, not that I would eat mine, they are also very good table birds.

 

[harriedhomemaker]

I ordered from them b/c I could get a small order AND large variety. So weird how some orders can go totally right and then other orders can go so horribly wrong.

Yeah, that is one reason why I was attracted to them. Of course my initial 8 birds morphed into 17, but I stuck with them! I'm sure they are probably a fine hatchery but I just had a round of very bad luck.