Okay, calm down, breathe deeply. You need to talk yourself down from all this worrying!
You need to practice detachment. Once you place the order, you need to convince yourself everyone who is responsible along the way will do their jobs. People, almost without exception, have their nurturing cells triggered by the sound of peeping. They will handle the chicks with care and go the extra mile to make sure they're safe. You only hear about the one in a thousand deliveries that have problems. Thousands of chicks make their journeys through the mail without incident.
And reassure yourself that chicks are very tough little critters. You're order will be in transit during a time when the worst part of winter is over with. And chicks are engineered by nature to be able to survive three days just fine without food and water. It's the keeping warm part that's tricky. That's why Meyer uses heat packs under the nesting material to radiate heat upward to keep the chicks nice and toasty on their journey to you.
The first thing you'll do is put them under some heat, (I recommend a heating pad) and soon after that, make sure they each drink some water, one at a time.
You'll do just fine, and so will your new little chicks. Now, try to quit worrying and trust people will do their jobs.
You need to practice detachment. Once you place the order, you need to convince yourself everyone who is responsible along the way will do their jobs. People, almost without exception, have their nurturing cells triggered by the sound of peeping. They will handle the chicks with care and go the extra mile to make sure they're safe. You only hear about the one in a thousand deliveries that have problems. Thousands of chicks make their journeys through the mail without incident.
And reassure yourself that chicks are very tough little critters. You're order will be in transit during a time when the worst part of winter is over with. And chicks are engineered by nature to be able to survive three days just fine without food and water. It's the keeping warm part that's tricky. That's why Meyer uses heat packs under the nesting material to radiate heat upward to keep the chicks nice and toasty on their journey to you.
The first thing you'll do is put them under some heat, (I recommend a heating pad) and soon after that, make sure they each drink some water, one at a time.
You'll do just fine, and so will your new little chicks. Now, try to quit worrying and trust people will do their jobs.
