Murray McMurray problems anyone else?

[Poultrybonkers]

Sorry it's Murray McMurray. I can post pictures of both boxes full of dead birds if you like? Sorry I said Meyer in the first post. I'll edit it.

Why would someone come here out of left field and just post a made up story? What makes you live your life thinking people are going to be like that?

People who want free chicks they send pics of dead ones to the company so they get more.... I've seen it happen before.

 

[TOMTE]

People who want free chicks they send pics of dead ones to the company so they get more.... I've seen it happen before.

I don't think that's what's happening here... OP just wanted to vent about a traumatic experience and see if anyone else has had this issue, and/or maybe advice.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Sorry it's Murray McMurray. I can post pictures of both boxes full of dead birds if you like? Sorry I said Meyer in the first post. I'll edit it.

Why would someone come here out of left field and just post a made up story? What makes you live your life thinking people are going to be like that?

Not in your case but people do come here with made up stories.
Just a day or two someone posted a pic of "their" hen asking the breed. It was a watermarked pic that was from all over the web.
idk why people do those things but it does happen quite a bit. Attention maybe?

 

[Logar]

Only USPS can handle live animals.

That is untrue. Reptiles are shipped almost exclusively with fedex. Also, my dad is a high up USPS employee (not saying what specifically for obvious reasons) but 5ish years ago he was touring a FedEx facility and there were chicks running all over the place. As far as I am aware fedex does not hire day old chicks so the only other way that could happen is in a shipment of chicks was going through the facility

 

[AntiqueB]

Doesn't look like FedEx or UPS ship birds.

https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/s...ted-items/prohibited-items/plants-and-animals

 

[The Moonshiner]

FedEx does not ship chicks. Chicks are only shipped USPS.

 

[pkinville]

Update.

Some kind of glitch in their system duplicated the order when they made the replacement order. USPS screwed up the delivery on the second box.

McMurray is replacing the order but now I am worried about the shipping...

Hope I don't have to deal with this again.

 

[Appalachickens]

I really hate to hear this since I have an order from McMurray scheduled in May.

 

[Iluveggers]

I have ordered from McM a bunch of times. They usually arrive to me in NY the day after they ship. I’ve had zero losses and zero sexing errors. I also order later in the year because NY weather can go through cold snaps even in April.

 

[LaFleche]

I am very sorry each time I read or hear about people receiving boxes of DOA chicks.

However there are ways to reduce or even completely avoid the risk:

• Do not have the chicks send in extreme weather (cold winter or hot summer temperatures).
• Do not have chicks send when extreme weather conditions have been predicted (hurricanes, snow storms, flooding etc.).
• Do not order chics from several states over.
• To completely avoid chicks dying during transport, do buy them locally and bring a proper box or cage allowing lots of ventilation and maybe even a warm water bottle in winter so they won't catch a cold.
• Order hatching eggs of the desired breeds and have a broody hatch them or incubate yourself.

Sometimes it is better to maybe have less choice with regard to breeds than to submit the poor creatures to terrible suffering and death. Just my 2ct