Ship date was today, Monday, and was notified by USPS of an arrival date by Saturday 9 pm

[Debbie292d]

I ordered some earlier that are supposed to arrive this fall(from a breeder) I am close to canceling the order because my luck it would happen to me too.I'm sorry it didn't work out!

I usually do go through breeders but these are a friend who we trade eggs now and then. It's still a big deal as she was having me hatch ones she didn't have room or time for to see how they turned out, plus some silkies I may have kept.

Usually I go through breeders as opposed to eBay, and one shipment this spring was similarly delayed, but on the 6th day, she shipped me a whole new batch. Ironically, both boxes showed up the same day. She didn't want any money for it, but I sent her shipping costs back as this wasn't her fault.

 

[NatJ]

Has anyone had the experience of having a USPS arrival date six days after shipping? I ordered from Cackle Hatchery via The Chicken Coop Company who said they have no control over what the postal service does. I'm livid. Seems they're sending them off knowing that they will for sure be dead upon arrival. It makes me sick to think of their suffering, and needlessly. If holiday weeks create a problem for delivery of live animals, I don't get why they ship live animals on holiday weeks. So, I won't be picking up six dead chicks. It sickens me.

We're into the next week now, and from some of your other posts I gather that the chicks did arrive. When did they show up?

 

[LuciferRoo]

We're into the next week now, and from some of your other posts I gather that the chicks did arrive. When did they show up?

Wouldn't it be nice if original posters came back and "closed the loop"?
We are all interested as to the outcome when someone makes a post which is about an unresolved situation.

 

[McChooky]

One of my hens went broody after I cancelled my order so now I can replace my rooster and the pullets will give me all the eggs I need.Hopefully all her chicks arrived just fine and she forgot all about us

 

[NatJ]

Wouldn't it be nice if original posters came back and "closed the loop"?
We are all interested as to the outcome when someone makes a post which is about an unresolved situation.

Agreed! Sometimes a new post will prompt the original poster to come update an older thread, but obviously not always.

I think I can piece together part of this one:
July 1, first post in this thread, chicks shipped
July 5, new thread begun by same poster.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/injured-splayed-leg-in-3-day-old-chick.1670100/
First post of that other thread includes this bit:
"I followed someone's advice and put wood shavings in the brooder after three days."

Depending on how the "three days" were counted, the chicks must have arrived on July 2 or 3, which is well within the normal shipping time, and I don't see any complaints about dead chicks.

Given how many people worry about the estimated delivery dates on chicks, it is really helpful if we can get updates for how many chicks arrive on time, and how many really do take too long and die in the mail.