This was the first time we ordered chicks so I called our rural PO on the Thursday before they were to arrive and gave them my phone number so they could call as soon as they arrived, but we got a call on Saturday from the post office in the larger city where the mail goes before it comes to our rural PO saying that the chicks had arrived there. They said we could pick them up there or they would be delivered on Monday, so hubby and one of the boys drove the 20 minutes or so to pick them up right away.
