Shipping

[Old_Strain_Lover]

Hope everyone had a nice Independence Day! My question is if anyone has recently shipped birds, or had birds shipped to them? I heard something about the shipping charges suddenly becoming insanely expensive... is this true???

 

[biophiliac]

Hope everyone had a nice Independence Day! My question is if anyone has recently shipped birds, or had birds shipped to them? I heard something about the shipping charges suddenly becoming insanely expensive... is this true???

Is this where you heard it??

 

[Old_Strain_Lover]

No, I overheard some guys talking when I went to pick up my feed, but was extremely pressed for time and didn't question it. Judging by this guys video, it sounds true. Don't think I will be shipping birds anymore, because I can't imagine anyone wanting to pay those rates...

 

[biophiliac]

No, I overheard some guys talking when I went to pick up my feed, but was extremely pressed for time and didn't question it. Judging by this guys video, it sounds true. Don't think I will be shipping birds anymore, because I can't imagine anyone wanting to pay those rates...

It is sad, wonder if it will affect One Loft Racing? I forget, ... Do you have rollers? There is an active chat thread in the pigeon forum now.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-talk.1276029/page-715#post-21529970
Join in if you like - your experience would be appreciated!

 

[Old_Strain_Lover]

No rollers here... just have my homing pigeons nowadays . I'll check out the thread though. I don't get on here too often and fall behind haha

 

[biophiliac]

No rollers here... just have my homing pigeons nowadays . I'll check out the thread though. I don't get on here too often and fall behind haha

I just forgot which you had.. Are you racing?

 

[Old_Strain_Lover]

No more racing... just breeding, loft flying, and personal training tosses to help with the selection process. And don't worry about forgetting, as I don't get on here too often (so I'm easily forgettable haha). All I have anymore are my Trentons

 

[backyard pigeons]

No more racing... just breeding, loft flying, and personal training tosses to help with the selection process. And don't worry about forgetting, as I don't get on here too often (so I'm easily forgettable haha). All I have anymore are my Trentons

Ohh, you have trentons? Lucky!

 

[backyard pigeons]

It is sad, wonder if it will affect One Loft Racing? I forget, ... Do you have rollers? There is an active chat thread in the pigeon forum now.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/pigeon-talk.1276029/page-715#post-21529970
Join in if you like - your experience would be appreciated!

that's would be sad if it does affect one loft racing.

some of the world's biggest clubs are one loft races.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I've only shipped chickens but all types of shipping charges have increased in the last year or so.
I've had chicken orders cancelled when they found out what the shipping was going to cost.
I've eaten some of the cost on a couple shipments. That's not something conducive to making this hobby/business worthwhile.