Shipping USPS Warning! Chickens, Guineas, Peafowl, Rhea, Pheasant, Ducks, Geese, Hatching eggs ECT.

[dudenga]

It seems that USPS has changed their shipping methods that have been working for decades. They have contracted FEDEX to ship our eggs and birds. I wanted to share with all of you all egg/bird shippers and receiver's some misfortune I have encountered the past few weeks now that temperatures are rising. I've lost personally 7 birds upon receiving and have had reports of my eggs that I ship the same way always to be glossy and oozing. My egg replacement and birds are totaling about $2,100 in losses either by me or the recipients in a 3 week time frame. We have approached USPS from all angles and they refer us to USPS complaint.com that has not done anything at all. Sent pictures yadayada they will accept no responsibility for the mishandling of eggs or birds. It's my understanding the all go to a hub here in the southeast to TN and await their transfer possibly a day or so (IN SOME HOT HANGER OR ON A TRUCK IN THE SUN?) If anyone has a contact that we can get some action from I would appreciate it. I know other people are getting bad eggs and low/no hatch rate and are receiving dead birds because of this new procedure. PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL SHIPPERS AND RECEIVER'S OF HATCHING EGGS AND LIVE BIRDS THAT USPS ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS. THERE SHOULD BE FEDERAL LAWS REGULATING THEIR PROCEDURES AND BE MONITORED IF THEY ARE GOING TO SHIP LIVE BIRDS OR HATCHING EGGS.

 

[TOP KNOT]

I work for the competition and we send live stuff to pet shops. They expect 1/2 the critters to not make it! Its really sick. They mostly get crickets, frogs and lizards, but this should not be allowed. In the summer my truck gets like 120 degrees!! We are not allowed to have any pkgs in the cab for ''safety'' reasons. Call pita! Ok so how do we get our shipments alive?? Chicks are so fragile!! The regular usps is hard enough on them!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

USPS regulations specify maximum temperatures at both departure and arrival locations when shipping lives. Unless the high is 85 or les at both locations, they are not supposed to accept them. This means that summer shipping is largely unavailable.

 

[margaret8]

I am going to get some peafowl eggs from a peafowl person in Texas I'm in Oklahoma. How do you pack them for shipment.