I'm not sure who to dislike the hatchery, or the USPS..

[kaylabeans28]

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My chicks shipped from ideal poultry are missing too.. The PO isn't expecting another delivery today.. I've plead to them to search for my chicks even if there wasn't chirping.. Explained to them that after 72 hours out of the shell that they are literally starving and dying of dehydration.

Please update if your order comes

My order:
10 Saipan (7 pullets 3 cockerels)
7 Malay (5 pullets 2 cockerels)
3 white laced red Cornish pullets
5 dark Cornish ( 3 pullets 2 cockerels)
7 spangled russian orloffs(5 pullets 2 cockerels)
10 ameraucana pullets
8 barred rock pullets
5 Cornish rock st runs

My one Gosling passed away..

 

[chickengeorgeto]

They aren't supposed to accept the box.. They weren't shipped express priority mail.. Sorry that everything I order is seriously dying right now..

Don't take this personal!

I agree. The hatchery should have just stuffed those chicks into an oil drum filled with dry ice and suffocated them swiftly with CO2.

The hatchery should also have realized that the weather could or could not or be radically hotter or colder in over a month's time after the eggs that the goslings were hatched from were first laid and never sat those eggs in the first place. Problem solved.

What I am really asking here is that if the entire Universe is not managed in a way to maximize Old George's own personal benefit and pleasure to the exclusion of everyone else's benefits and pleasures, then what's this world coming to?

There's an old adage that says, "Don't count your chicks before they hatch." However we should all realize that there is also an old adage that says, "There is a season for everything." The season for goose eggs is now and if you really want goslings you must work within the boundaries imposed on geese by Mother Nature.

 

[keesmom]

They aren't supposed to accept the box.. They weren't shipped express priority mail.. Sorry that everything I order is seriously dying right now..

Once those chicks/ducklings/goslings hatch there is a finite window in which to get them to their destination. If the USPS doesn't accept the box then then the occupants still perish. Express does not guarantee overnight delivery either. You cannot blame the hatchery or the USPS for unprecedented weather disrup t ions.

 

[Cherie1n2]

Once those chicks/ducklings/goslings hatch there is a finite window in which to get them to their destination. If the USPS doesn't accept the box then then the occupants still perish. Express does not guarantee overnight delivery either. You cannot blame the hatchery or the USPS for unprecedented weather disrup t ions.

I was also apart of ideal poultry's Tuesday shipping disaster.. The orders were accepted by USPS from the hatchery but refused by FedEx. After talking to many different representatives from USPS I discovered priority 2 day shipping for chicks/ geese/ ducks does not follow the normal routes/process. 2 day means 1-2 days.. It is their policy to get live animals there as quickly as possible and often they will come in as express regardless of what's on your postage package

 

[kar0427]

I think most postal employees do their best when dealing with shipping live poultry, but there's always a risk of delay. I might be mistaken, but I believe there's a difference in Priority and Priority Express mail (and a huge difference in price!) Although I'm sure they make every effort to deliver in 1-2 days,and can do that in most areas, standard Priority mail is a 1-3 day delivery service as far as guaranteed arrival.

72 hours = 3 days, but there's a big difference in 3 days out in severe weather (cold as well as heat) and 3 days with moderate weather, whether you're a chicken or a human.

 

[kaylabeans28]

I was also apart of ideal poultry's Tuesday shipping disaster.. The orders were accepted by USPS from the hatchery but refused by FedEx. After talking to many different representatives from USPS I discovered priority 2 day shipping for chicks/ geese/ ducks does not follow the normal routes/process. 2 day means 1-2 days.. It is their policy to get live animals there as quickly as possible and often they will come in as express regardless of what's on your postage package

I lost a gosling and 8 out of 9 roosters they sent us for warmth died.. So we went and bought him some Red Cross pullets.. We're thinking that this other gosling is going to pass sometime soon.. New goslings coming this week.

 

[kaylabeans28]

I think most postal employees do their best when dealing with shipping live poultry, but there's always a risk of delay.  I might be mistaken, but I believe there's a difference in Priority and Priority Express mail (and a huge difference in price!)  Although I'm sure they make every effort to deliver in 1-2 days,and can do that in most areas, standard Priority mail is a 1-3 day delivery service as far as guaranteed arrival.

72 hours = 3 days, but there's a big difference in 3 days out in severe weather (cold as well as heat) and 3 days with moderate weather, whether you're a chicken or a human.

Our postmaster told us that the hatchery is supposed to send them express priority mail..

 

[kar0427]

Our postmaster told us that the hatchery is supposed to send them express priority mail..

Then they are all shipping against USPS requirements because they ship Priority at the reduced cost from Express.

 

[kaylabeans28]

I was also apart of ideal poultry's Tuesday shipping disaster.. The orders were accepted by USPS from the hatchery but refused by FedEx. After talking to many different representatives from USPS I discovered priority 2 day shipping for chicks/ geese/ ducks does not follow the normal routes/process. 2 day means 1-2 days.. It is their policy to get live animals there as quickly as possible and often they will come in as express regardless of what's on your postage package

I lost my other male gosling today.. More coming this week hopefully the girls will be okay with them...

 

[JJSS89]

Good luck this time Kayla, sorry about the ones who've died.