Shipped chicks dying!**Update**

[NorthTexasWink]

One of my fave places to eat around here! So glad you had a good time.

Yes, chicks can go south in a heartbeat, but they can also perk up just as fast. Gotta watch 'me like a hawk for the first few weeks. Losses are inevitable, but we do what we can. The rewards are there.

My chicks ship today! Hopefully tomorrow I'll be busy with 25 furry butts.

 

[NancyNurseCxMama]

Post pics!!!
Wishing you 25 healthy, happy, and positively adorable new chicks!

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Yes, cuteness overload incoming as soon as I get them settled. I'll probably upload them while sitting beside the brooder.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I heart this site from moments like this!

 

[NorthTexasWink]

I got the call from the PO at 7 am this morning, had them home and drinking, eating, pooping by 8:30. All looking good so far. Exactly the 25 I ordered, breeds seem correct, no extras. Yay! More pics later.

And yes, I am sitting next to the brooder as I type this, sweating my tookus off.

 

[MTchicknman]

A further comment on my post above -
As of 6/29 we've lost 4 Brahmas chicks - too late to notify Meyers - but in all of our ordering this year (from different hatcheries), wh haven't lost ANY chicks until this Meyer's order. I'm beginning to wonder if their chicks are from a weak strain [inbred too much?] or something(?).

 

[NorthTexasWink]

Sorry for your losses MTchicknman. As to the why, anything is possible. I know Meyers has been around an awfully long time. You'd think they have the breeding thing down by now or be out of business already. I'm not sure where their breeders are located, but could be a supplier issue or the time of year/climate issues, any number of things.

 

[debid]

Before you blame the hatchery, you need to take a hard look at USPS.

There's no telling what a box goes through in transit. I've received things that you could barely tell had traveled and others that arrived in a plastic bag because the box was destroyed. You'd hope that a peeping box would get TLC but that sadly isn't always the case.

I once got to go inside a sorting center for a business class and it was an awe-inspiring sight. There is a huge amount of automation involved with that kind of volume and the conveyor system was astonishing. However, I also saw what was clearly a greeting card on the floor being stepped on repeatedly rather than anyone bothering to pick it up and put it back in the system. When I asked about quality control, I was told they used to have a process but it had been deemed too costly so they quit checking. That's right, they have no idea whether they're doing well or not! The stuff that makes the news (usually piles of undelivered mail found dumped somewhere) is only a tiny bit of the neglect that escapes their notice.

That doesn't mean they're all bad. I have met really wonderful people at the local post office. But the bad apples can do a whole lot of spoiling before they're pitched out.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Before you blame the hatchery, you need to take a hard look at USPS.

There's no telling what a box goes through in transit. I've received things that you could barely tell had traveled and others that arrived in a plastic bag because the box was destroyed. You'd hope that a peeping box would get TLC but that sadly isn't always the case.

I once got to go inside a sorting center for a business class and it was an awe-inspiring sight. There is a huge amount of automation involved with that kind of volume and the conveyor system was astonishing. However, I also saw what was clearly a greeting card on the floor being stepped on repeatedly rather than anyone bothering to pick it up and put it back in the system. When I asked about quality control, I was told they used to have a process but it had been deemed too costly so they quit checking. That's right, they have no idea whether they're doing well or not! The stuff that makes the news (usually piles of undelivered mail found dumped somewhere) is only a tiny bit of the neglect that escapes their notice.

That doesn't mean they're all bad. I have met really wonderful people at the local post office. But the bad apples can do a whole lot of spoiling before they're pitched out.

It's not just the postal service. A lot of the chick fly so you have another two layers, the airline and all the baggage handling at the airport. Sometimes it's amazing that so few actually have problems.

 

[debid]

It's not just the postal service. A lot of the chick fly so you have another two layers, the airline and all the baggage handling at the airport. Sometimes it's amazing that so few actually have problems.

This is true as well. I've personally witnessed a container of mail sitting out in the rain awaiting loading. Nobody was in the process of loading it, it just got moved and left. Maybe there wasn't room for it so it needed to get on the next flight, IDK. But it was just sitting there getting wet.