I had 8 chicks and 3 ducks ordered for 8/05 and the chicks spent the first day going from Mansfield to Cleveland back to Mansfield and finally Tuesday they got to Columbus. So they spent a whole day going in circles. The ducks didn't even get a tracking # till wed morning after I picked them up and it said they were still in CA. Everyone arrived in pretty good shape ex my EE had wry neck but she is doing much better and a couple of my bantams were pretty weak. But if USPS didn't send them back and forth I'm sure the chicks would have been in better shape.