Meyer Hatchery 2 questions please

[Nathan J]

Ooof. What a gut punch. Bad week indeed.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Well, Im sorry to report. I got my chicks at 5:30 tonight the post office called. All DOA. So sad. The young girl at the post office was so upset, she told me they were not peeping at all. I went in and the young girl was so so upset I ended up feeling more bad for her than myself so not wanting to upset her further I just took the chicks and went home. I thought maybe they were just in really really bad shape I plugged in my brooder got the nutridrench but they were very cold to the touch, the box was cold, the heat packs I think were frozen they were more than dead. Before I left the post office I had the wherewithall to ask the girl to scan it as delivered just to see if the tracking number worked. YUP worked like a charm. I suspect someone dropped the ball on this one and no one wanted to scan it in for fear of being blamed maybe?? I'm really reaching here but its hard for me to fathom how this package that went through many, many hands before arriving and no one scanned it??? I guess if you have a package of chicks and hear no peeping you want nothing to do with it..

Interestingly enough I only got 15 chicks even though I ordered 16. So Ill call meyers tomorrow but not sure what Im going to do yet. It was a terrible week that started with joyous anticipation that turned into desperately waiting for the phone to ring for 3 SOLID DAYS, to finally sad resignation. I've been planning for months, reading everything I could, designed and built my coop in freezing cold weather for months so its disappointing to say the least. I will start again tomorrow but for today I just feel so bad for those cute little chicks and you know what, Ill admit it, I feel bad for me too staring at that empty brooder. But tomorrows another day and Im not going to wallow any further.

Thank you all for your concern and help, I know you all wished for a better outcome too and I truly appreciate it.

Hopefully my next posts will be all happy with some cute little chickie babies <3

Oh no...I'm so, so sorry. That is so disappointing and sad I think I would have cried the whole way home with that box...big, huge hugs to you

Tonight wine and chocolate, tomorrow start new...

X2

I'm so sorry Merry Mouse, to you and that girl!

 

[Pats Poultry]

Hang in there MerryMouse. Like you said " Tomorrow is another day" Let us know what you decide on another batch.

 

[ChickAsThieves]

I am so sorry.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Oh no I'm so sorry mm

Hopefully Meyers will get you replacements asap. I know the work and time and energy you have put into this.

Gary

 

[biophiliac]

.......am thinking about incubating my own, worries there too but more under my control.

 

[ImportTheBest]

I'm so very sorry that you lost all of your chicks. My heart aches for you and for them.

 

[sourland]

Well, Im sorry to report. I got my chicks at 5:30 tonight the post office called. All DOA. So sad. The young girl at the post office was so upset, she told me they were not peeping at all. I went in and the young girl was so so upset I ended up feeling more bad for her than myself so not wanting to upset her further I just took the chicks and went home. I thought maybe they were just in really really bad shape I plugged in my brooder got the nutridrench but they were very cold to the touch, the box was cold, the heat packs I think were frozen they were more than dead. Before I left the post office I had the wherewithall to ask the girl to scan it as delivered just to see if the tracking number worked. YUP worked like a charm. I suspect someone dropped the ball on this one and no one wanted to scan it in for fear of being blamed maybe?? I'm really reaching here but its hard for me to fathom how this package that went through many, many hands before arriving and no one scanned it??? I guess if you have a package of chicks and hear no peeping you want nothing to do with it..

Interestingly enough I only got 15 chicks even though I ordered 16. So Ill call meyers tomorrow but not sure what Im going to do yet. It was a terrible week that started with joyous anticipation that turned into desperately waiting for the phone to ring for 3 SOLID DAYS, to finally sad resignation. I've been planning for months, reading everything I could, designed and built my coop in freezing cold weather for months so its disappointing to say the least. I will start again tomorrow but for today I just feel so bad for those cute little chicks and you know what, Ill admit it, I feel bad for me too staring at that empty brooder. But tomorrows another day and Im not going to wallow any further.

Thank you all for your concern and help, I know you all wished for a better outcome too and I truly appreciate it.

Hopefully my next posts will be all happy with some cute little chickie babies <3

I am so very sorry for this outcome.

 

[Mr Pink]

This whole thread makes me appreciate only being an hour away from Cackles

 

[Shezadandy]

That is gut wrenching. I'm so sorry to see the end result, especially since they arrived today.
Sounds like some MAJOR mishandling from the post office. The only way you get cold hot packs and dead chicks is the worst possible handling from USPS.
Awful!

That's when you want to go find out who did it.