Got a shipment from MyPetChicken!!!!

So yesterday morning around 6:30am I got the call from my post office that my order of chicks had arrived.

The order was for:

3 light brown leghorn pullets
3 white leghorn pullets
1 australorp pullet
3 gold sebrights
3 silver sebrights
2 buff laced polish

Amazingly enough there was not a single dead chick in the box. This was my first shipment, and I was certain it would be a disaster when I opened the box. But no, everyone was alive, yay!

Unfortunately, the three gold sebrights were kinda weak and shaky, and two seemed a little spraddle legged, the third was REALLY spraddled.

I left the two healthier ones alone except for giving them some electrolytes, and I tried using the band-aid method to fix the other one's legs. He was really weak, though and just laid around the brooder. When I got up this morning he had died.

So far the rest seem to be doing okay, though, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the little sebright will be the only loss.

On another note, I can't believe how tiny and helpless these guys are! I guess, because I had bought all of my other chicks at a feedstore where they were a few days to a week older, I didn't realize how wobbly and little they are right after they hatch.

It's cute, but really scary because they look so fragile!

 

The hubby took my camera to work, but I will get some pics later today or tomorrow!

 

I have to say, though, that MyPetChicken did a GREAT job on packing them up for shipment.

Their box was nice and cozy and was lined with this matting that looked kind of like straw or maybe hay. So, basically, they did everything right as far as shipment goes but I guess the trip was just a bit too much for the little guy. I mean, these sebright babies are so tinsy and fragile looking it's hard to believe you could even pick one up without squishing it let alone ship it through the mail!

Also, when I emailed this morning to let them know about the one that died, they replied back within like 20 minutes and very kindly offered to make good on the 100% life shipment guarantee.

So, for my first experience ordering online, they have been wonderful!

 

Quote:Yeah, I thought the chicks I bought at the feedstore were 'babies', but I guess if you really think about it they were more likely around a week or so old if you count how long it took them to ship there and however many days they were in the store before I went and picked some out.

These chicks from MyPetChicken are just a couple of days old so they seem so little and helpless by comparison.

I know it won't last long, though. Soon they'll be just as big and feisty as the rest of my chickies!