I have a very stong dislike for the USPS! Grrrrrrrrrr!!! Update :(

[MissPrissy]

The box of death came at 7:50 am. I have 6 that were still moving and only1 that was peeping. I have them in a very warm brooder (maybe overly warm but I think needed). I have been giving 1 drop of liquid vitamins by beak every 15 min until I get 5 drops down eat chick. 3 of them are stiff and braely moving. The outcome is not going to be favorable. I doubt more than 1 or 2 will pull through.

I am just heart sick.

I am filing a complaint with USPS. The box is a priority box and is clearly labled as such. There is a bar code on the box and I fairly certain that it could have been tracked. Had I been able to get the box Saturday I know they all would have survived.

I am also filing a complaint with McMurray. After 20 years of business with them this is the first time this has happened. As much as I want to support them I don't know if I can any longer. I know for a fact these boxes can be tracked. It is the lack of the hatchery not choosing to ship them with tracking that is highly questionable as well as disappointing. I thought better of them up until this point.

I can and will no longer advocate mail order chicks.

Thank you, USPS, for your lack of quality control and not handling live animals with more precautions.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

It is such a shame that those chicks had to suffer the way they did. There was no need for it.

for the surviving chicks and for you Miss P.

 

[MissPrissy]

Thnka you, Kitty.

Only 5 are struggling to live now.

 

[kinnip]

Oh sweetie, I'm sorry. It's beyond unfair, it's cruel to put a person in that position. I'm definitely rethinking any urges I had to order more live chicks.

 

[conny63malies]

I am so so sorry

thank you for opening the boxand trying to save the surviors

 

[Farmer Kitty]

 

[the1much]

that is sad,, what @holes ,,from the usps to mcmurray,,, im thinking after my next order gets here,, im HOPING i wont have to order any more,, im trying to get all the breeding stock i'll need now,, maybe by the next order i might,, i still need some BR tho

,, but just about got everything else. you are a good good woman MP ,, i dont know what i would of done,, but it wouldnt have been as nice as what you did

 

[joebryant]

Sorry that you had to go through all you did and now having to through what you have to now. It's all rotten, luck or whatever.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

MissPrissy I am so sorry! :aww That is horrible.

 

[miss_jayne]

thought i would pop in this a.m. and see everything resolved in a positive way.

unfortunately no. gosh.

MissPrissy, i am so sorry for this poor service on both ends. thank you for being honest with the outcome. it will help us determine future purchases.

again, so sorry this happened.