I made a HORRIBLE mistake ordering from a hatchery! (Graphic Photos)

[Swbertrand1]

Very sorry to hear of your losses.

How many days in transit?

Did you opt for grogel?

I don't know what "grogel" is, but time in transit was about 80 hours for the first shipment and over 105 hours for the second shipment. Chicks didn't get to the USPS for about 10 hours on the day shipped, so the clock really starting at hatch making the time in transit 90 and 115 hours, certainly not something most birds will survive.

 

[NatJ]

I don't know what "grogel" is

Grogel is a green gooey stuff that some hatcheries put in the box with the chicks for them to eat.

Some hatcheries also sell packets to make the stuff at home, for people that want to give it to chicks after they arrive.

Here are two hatchery pages talking about it:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/gro_gel_plus.html
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/grogel-plus-b

 

[Swbertrand1]

Grogel is a green gooey stuff that some hatcheries put in the box with the chicks for them to eat.

Some hatcheries also sell packets to make the stuff at home, for people that want to give it to chicks after they arrive.

Here are two hatchery pages talking about it:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/gro_gel_plus.html
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/grogel-plus-b

Those were put in both of the Valley Hatchery shipments, yet we still had the results described above.

 

[McChooky]

The hatchery is required to ship chicks by express priority mail if you buy less than 15 chicks.

 

[NatJ]

Nice thought, but I honestly don't believe they care in the least. I will never order shipped chicks again as well. I just received notice that my order shipped Monday won't arrive until Saturday night. So they will all suffer terribly and die. I'm just sick about it. The world has truly lost its humanity.

Did your chicks arrive? What day did they come?

 

[Swbertrand1]

The hatchery is required to ship chicks by express priority mail if you buy less than 15 chicks.

I'm not sure that's a requirement. My husband took this all the way up the pole with the USPS and never mentioned hearing any such thing from the local USPS staff up to the USPS Board of Governors in Washington.

 

[McChooky]

The post office will take a priority package containing 15 live chicks off a plane to make room for 5 live chicks being shipped Priority Express. I only recently discovered this myself.Below is an example of the Priority Express shipping for less than 15 birds at "Pet Chicken"

 

[McChooky]

I'm not sure that's a requirement. My husband took this all the way up the pole with the USPS and never mentioned hearing any such thing from the local USPS staff up to the USPS Board of Governors in Washington.

I gave you the minimum number of standard chicks required to ship in Jan thru March using Priority Mail.
April thru October the number of of chicks allowed to be shipped using Priority Mail is lower because its warmer. I'd be lying if I said I know all the rules.
I don't but I do know the Shipper (USPS) is who gets to decide how the chicks are shipped because they are who moves them from point A to B

 

[McChooky]

More proof the post office determines how they're shipped. Meyer Hatchery plainly states they do not have the option to upgrade shipping methods nor does the post office guarantee or offer overnight shipping.

 

[McChooky]

I'm not sure that's a requirement. My husband took this all the way up the pole with the USPS and never mentioned hearing any such thing from the local USPS staff up to the USPS Board of Governors in Washington.

I'm sorry you lost so many chicks due to the negligence of others.I don't know how they get by with not offering express shipping for as few as 3 chicks.It just blows my mind.