Need a good hatchery

[AuberyMirkwood]

Using FedEx can possibly cause a few issues for people living in the west, and ticking "overnight" or a rush,  on an order.  We had a reef/salt water aquarium, and all organisms coral/fish/etc ordered via overnight air (often demanded by livestock sellers) still MUST to go through the main FedEx hub in Memphis.  With fragile marine critters, FedEx did an amazing job, despite the zig-zag from a CA businesses, to Memphis,.. and back to the west coast overnight.   My guess is that the jostling could be worse for a semi-filled box of baby peeps, but dunno.   Please ask any shipper, HOW your order will be shipped. The shipping world is a crazy place in these days.   Also be sure to watch all tracking on all orders.  I have ordered "priority" goods through FedEx, and UPS and find that the last link, where you live, can be the part that FAILS.  Moan.  I have yet to buy mail order chicks in NM, so I don't really know how bad delivery/notification is for my own location,  despite buying peeps mail-order in other states.   At least fish & difficult corals are contained within oxygen-filled pillows of water.  Chicks don't have these "airbags"?  

I'm in NM and I have ordered from Ideal and MacMurray. I have yet to have any shipping issues with Ideal but they are in TX. I had one MacMurray order come one day late due to bad weather between here and there. The only time I have lost more than one or two chicks the Post Office employee has annoyed by the chicks chirping and put them outside in Febuary!