Total disaster!!

[enola]

Why are they shipping chicks on Saturday? I used to order chicks yeas ago, and for some reason, I am thinking they shipped on Monday.

 

[nj2wv]

I had the same problem with my order a few weeks ago. I ordered 25 and 11 were doa and the next day I only had 8 left. I think because the usps does not deliver on Sunday. Every other hatchery I ordered from at the same time for different breeds were shipped on Monday or Wednesday and I got them two days later. CX from Meyer only one dead. Special assortment from ideal on sale 6 dead but sent replacements with lots of. EE peanuts. The murray replacements were sent and 7 more died even with a heat pack. I didn't ask for more replacements since the 8 plus the 19 is a little more than my original 25. just think they are having a USPS problem. If it was my end I think I would have had a lot of losses from the others. My cackle surprise comes in three weeks and I ordered the meat bird special from mt healthy that should be here this week. See how they go.

 

[Fairyprncss5678]

Sorry to hear about your chicks. I just received my order yesterday. Thanks goes out to some awesome & caring postal workers for taking the time to do the research and locate my chicks. They left Iowa on Saturday morning so when I called my local post office around 9am Monday morning and they said no more packages arriving until tomorrow, I knew I had to act fast.The last point they were tracked was in St Paul MN sometime on Saturday. I got a really bad feeling, then called back and pleaded with the post master to at least  "look into it" or they would die for sure ........I got a call back around noon, they had arrived in Boise, and the local office master granted permission to allow me to intercept them  instead of waiting for them to arrive at my local station the following day. Needless to say, when I got the box in hand, it was stone cold, loud distressed cheeping and weak chicks were staring at me, one was dead stiff as a board, flat as a pancake, in the bottom of the box, and we lost another little runt around 6pm last night, he was too weak to even drink from an eye dropper. I am 100% certain if I had waited and not taken action, all or most of those babies would have been dead. It was too early, too cold, and too long, for these little ones to survive that kind of trip. If they had been shipped overnight it may have been a bit quicker, but even the healthiest of chicks, put through this kind of stress, its a miracle any survived. This was my first mail order and probably my last!! I only have myself to blame, just because someone else is willing to risk shipping under these conditions, doesn't mean I should have allowed myself to buy into it. I honestly didn't think it through, or do enough research on other peoples "disasters" before making the decision to order live animals in the mail. What was I thinking? Truthfully I wasn't. I just wanted chicks and thought if I get them early, I'll have eggs by June. Instead of what I put these poor little ones through.

It was NOT your fault!!!! One would assume the hatcheries know what's safe and what's not. You went went above and beyond what most people would do. I can also promise the chicks that went to you are some lucky chicks.

I lucked out. I'm less than 2 hours from Ideal so I'm picking mine up directly from them. Get to pick them up today!

 

[Rhoise]

It was NOT your fault!!!! One would assume the hatcheries know what's safe and what's not. You went went above and beyond what most people would do. I can also promise the chicks that went to you are some lucky chicks.

I lucked out. I'm less than 2 hours from Ideal so I'm picking mine up directly from them. Get to pick them up today!

Glad your kinda close, I'd drive 2 hours for sure not to go through this again!

 

[batchhatchin]

I think I've figured out the size issue. I hatched a pullet egg this morning and the chick is the same size as the ones I received from the hatchery. Possible they got a new breeding pen of birds that are young. That's my best guess so far.

 

[MrsBachbach]

I think I've figured out the size issue. I hatched a pullet egg this morning and the chick is the same size as the ones I received from the hatchery. Possible they got a new breeding pen of birds that are young. That's my best guess so far.

Makes sense. Smaller eggs, smaller chicks. Of course, many will grow up normally and be of good size in my experience. It is only non starters that won't grow normally.