FYI - Dead Chick deliveries due to Postal Delays

[Alice68]

Oh I got the appropriate call from the Post office I guess you could say. If you call it that. I got the call from Tupelo’s post office which is the largest city around. It is ten miles from us. Their manager called us and said “mam would you rather pick up your chicks today or wait until tomorrow and pick them up in Shannon at your post office?” I said do you mean to tell me that they are going to sit in that box overnight up there for another 24 hours instead of being delivered today? He said yes Mam that is how it’s done. I said no way... I am very thankful to you for calling. Someone will be up there within the hour to get them immediacy. Shannon is my home town which is ten miles from Tupelo, MS. We do not have any type of hatchery that I know of in the South at all. They had already traveled from Ohio in that little box. There was no water provided in our box that I was aware of and I don’t think they were given any. Also they sent the gel but it was packaged for me to give them not for them to eat during the trip. Mine had nothing during their ride. I fed and watered my girls as soon as I got them home and they knew exactly what to do. Mine mainly wanted to eat drink and stretch those cute little legs and get warmed up afterwards under their heat glow system I had setup over their bedding and then go to sleep all in a heap.

I do like that about Metzer -- they tape the gro gel to the box, opened. It hydrates and gives nutrition. I wish every place did that, though it's still no guarantee the animals will be OK. I think some probably are just too traumatized by the shipping thing to adjust.

 

[eaking]

OMG I'd freak out if that happened to my cat or dog. How terrifying -- poor things. I'm glad it turned out ok.

Hope you're liking your new home in L.A. -- especially the triple digit heat and occasional smell of smoke. Isn't if fabulous?! My ducks have come inside every day this week (in a very contained little area) because they just pant outside, even with TWO ponds and a mister. The pekins especially. I'm afraid they're going to think this is how it will be all the time...

Yes, it was awful. I was a wreck, sobbing all the time, freaking out. I kept calling and they'd say "I'm sure they're fine". Yeah, right....

 

[thepick4uchicks]

I very much agree this should be stopped until these little ones can be transported safely.
Hopefully these companies will look into the safety of these living creatures in the future and animal rights laws should be enforced .

I heard it was a total of 4500 on one particular shipment but I don’t know the hatchery it came from.

I do like that about Metzer -- they tape the gro gel to the box, opened. It hydrates and gives nutrition. I wish every place did that, though it's still no guarantee the animals will be OK. I think some probably are just too traumatized by the shipping thing to adjust.

about the grow gel. I’m sure each hatchery probably uses a different formulation of this, but the type that Meyer sent me with my shipment of nine was nasty and I did mix it according to the instructions twice to a “T”. I had my husband and grown daughter who has two culinary degrees check me twice on it. They would not touch it. However, my chicks were as healthy as anyone could ask for and still are. I am so happy and blessed. They have been great. I have tried to give them the best care that I possibly can. I paid a pretty penny for them for their breeds and don’t want to lose them and they were sent healthy. I truly believe that. I believe Meyer Hatchery is a solid run Hatchery with quality standards who are more concerned with the quality and healthy of their birds more than the speed of their website or the fancy lines of their products such as sweat shirts and t-shirts about chicken breeds. They care about taking time with their customers and answering your questions no matter how many you have or how silly you may think they are or if you are a joint and feel embarrassed to ask them. It’s just a shame that any hatchery anywhere would produce that many poor chicks and then have a loss of life like that from 1 to 4500 that is way to many starting at the 1 in my book.