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[Gramma Chick]

Lost 2 of my new chicks already. They spent 3 days in the mail, and we lost one last night around 2 am, and the other one was gone by 8 am this morning. Have another one thats not looking good. Pretty ****** off that the post office left them in the wrong state for 2 days. Hope the rest of them turn out ok.

you said this happened before..is the address info correct ?
Its too bad these babies suffered / starved to death . I would call the Post office where they stayed for 2 days & ask why ?
also where they insured ? you could file a claim .

 

[Gramma Chick]

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I looked for you on facebook is it just Samantha Murphy? or is there a middle name ?

 

[Gramma Chick]

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try turning off the dvd player . Does your tv have a dvd channel ? Check to see if the converter is on .

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

I never ended up relaxing today went out and played with my new lambs one of them is like a big puppy will follow you all over the place the other is going to take some working with. Then I bottle fed some of the goats although it was actually relaxing I love being with my animals. Have some sizzle Frizzles hatching and some sizzles. Tomorrow first I have to go get some feed then going to can some Jalapenos have lots of them popping up in the garden and DH loves them. I might actually crochet some tonight I have lots of different sweaters I want to make just not enough time in the day. I have to work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at the Hospital, before you know it college will be back in session and I will be teaching again.

On the hatchery birds I am coming in kinda late so may have missed some of the posts but the post office doesn't guarantee express mail for birds they can still take 3 days to get to you. Plus the other thing I have found is if you select Express they take longer to get to you than priority. I know if you call the hatchery they will replace the birds that died or refund you whichever you choose.

 

[elroddo]

there wasn't an issue with my address, the first time it happened my wife talked to a guy at mypetchicken, and he said it happens sometimes. That time was a 24 hour delay. This time the woman I talked to was trying to tell me it wasn't a big deal, but they got stuck in cleveland for 2 days before they shipped. We tried nursing one of the birds last night, the other one was fine when we went to bed and dead when we got up 6 hours later. I guess when meyer ships birds they go to the cleveland post office, then off for delivery. For some reason my birds got stuck both times. To make matters worse the post office there doesn't answer the phone, and I mean never. I spent 2 hours hitting redial every time my phone hung up because they let it ring. Wasn't like there was a busy signal, they just don't answer the phone. Called national office and all they did was give me the phone number to nowhere.

 

[Gramma Chick]

there wasn't an issue with my address, the first time it happened my wife talked to a guy at mypetchicken, and he said it happens sometimes. That time was a 24 hour delay. This time the woman I talked to was trying to tell me it wasn't a big deal, but they got stuck in cleveland for 2 days before they shipped. We tried nursing one of the birds last night, the other one was fine when we went to bed and dead when we got up 6 hours later. I guess when meyer ships birds they go to the cleveland post office, then off for delivery. For some reason my birds got stuck both times. To make matters worse the post office there doesn't answer the phone, and I mean never. I spent 2 hours hitting redial every time my phone hung up because they let it ring. Wasn't like there was a busy signal, they just don't answer the phone. Called national office and all they did was give me the phone number to nowhere.

Maybe cleveland is a big post office / distribution center .
Either way ...it is careless / abusive to leave a live animal for 2 days .
Either Meyer is liable or the post office is or My Pet chicken is .
Put the woman at my pet chicken in a box without food or water for 4 days and see how she feels !
Send them a picture of the dead chicks !

 

[elroddo]

I'm going to. Was really upset, the most help the woman i talked to was to remind me to have water available for them as soon as I got them home. We set up the brooder, had the food and water dish ready to be filled, made sure we had the electrolytes on hand etc. The first batch we got was only 2 days old, and it made a huge difference in how lively the birds were when we got them. The part that really sucks is the best looking birds are the ones passing away. GLW's are pretty but the chicks are alot uglier than SLW or columbian wyandottes are. my 13 year old daughter fell in love with them and so did my DW. they are nursing a third bird tonight, sleeping with her on my wifes chest and planning to get up every 2-3 hours and try to water her and feed her some watered down FF.

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

I'm going to. Was really upset, the most help the woman i talked to was to remind me to have water available for them as soon as I got them home. We set up the brooder, had the food and water dish ready to be filled, made sure we had the electrolytes on hand etc. The first batch we got was only 2 days old, and it made a huge difference in how lively the birds were when we got them. The part that really sucks is the best looking birds are the ones passing away. GLW's are pretty but the chicks are alot uglier than SLW or columbian wyandottes are. my 13 year old daughter fell in love with them and so did my DW. they are nursing a third bird tonight, sleeping with her on my wifes chest and planning to get up every 2-3 hours and try to water her and feed her some watered down FF.

Feed them boiled egg yolk take some of the egg yolk and mix it with water if they won't eat the yolk also put some sugar in their water.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Morning

Pharm your finger and knee heal up and feel better soon.

Rancher-Good luck with Time Warner. Glad you and yours are safe.


DH is taking birds to auction first thing this morning and I have a baby shower. I need to spend some time in the garden. I've been seeing a lot more bunnies around lately which make me nervous that they will eat my garden.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Here is a pic of the finished sweater. I think I did all right for being a beginner and self taught. It fit my youngest daughter pretty good and it looks cute on her.

Grey day today and heavy with the promise of rain. Had to physically put two of the juveniles back into the coop last night. They couldnt figure out that the ramp was the way in and were in panic mode as the others were already in. Thankfully no predators were around last night as Clyde and one of the pullets were out all night under the coop. I will have to lay down the law with the older girls for a few nights to make sure that doesnt happen again. The two boys that havent been processed yet tried to challenge me last night. I chased them around a bit with the cockeral correction tool to let them know who was boss. They couldnt run fast enough. Needless to say, wont be long before they go as well.

Tab--rabbits are tasty! I hope you get them before they clean out your garden. My finger is healing well. My knee, well thats going to be a while.

Rancher--hope you get the box figured out. Yup, these companies always have all these hidden fees and surcharges and taxes that you dont know about until they show up on your bill. I pay more in those and delivery charges to my electric company than what my actual electric usage charges are. Its rediculous. We are being taxed, fee'd and surcharged to death.

Elroddo--I hope you can save those birds. You may be better off getting some from a breeder. Try looking on the breed websites and see if there is a breeder in state listed.

Everyone have a good day.