No Coop No Problem
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Cackle's Saipan Junglefowl have 80-100% mortality rate. If you look at the reviews it's common for every single chick to die in transitThat's fair. Personally I prefer to pick up live animals in person when possible. But that's not an option for everyone and live animals have been shipped since the advent of the postal system.
I do not believe that the post office would continue to ship day old chicks if the mortality rate truly were as high as 11% in transit or 50% within the first week. As for the cruelty of shipping I suspect we may have to agree to disagree a bit there. Is it the best opinion, probably not. But I suspect it's far from the cruelest thing hatcheries do.