Who is getting chicks January 21st from Ideal-poultry???????????

[Frosty]

I am in ND, usually takes 2-3 days for my chicks to get here. PO usually calls me between 11 PM and 2 AM to say that my chicks are in, and I am at their back door within 45 minutes (PO is about 20 miles away). I would call the PO and tell them that you are expecting chicks and tell them to call on arrival and hold them there for pick-up. Had a substitute driver a few years ago, I had ordered poults and they were already late. I was going crazy! PO never called, the driver didn't either (regular driver calls if PO workers didn't). The box was clearly marked 'call on arrival' and had my phone number listed, but the woman drove around with the poor little poults in her car all day (it was a hot day, too). She finally got here around 4 PM and told me that she 'didn't know if the lady getting these knew how hard it was on the birds to ship them'. I explained as nicely as possible that it isn't as hard on them if the PO CALLS like it says to on the box. I opened the box with her still there and 7 out of 20 were already dead. Hope she learned from it... Now I always call the PO and emphasize that they need to call me.

 

[luvchikies]

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I order chicks from missoury, Lebanon last year and they came the next day they got shipped so They might get here earlier

 

[Mahonri]

When my McMurray chicks arrived last year, the woman at the P.O. delivered to our doorstep at 8AM on a Sunday morning!

 

[Griffox]

I ordered chicks for the 21st! Will they send me an e-mail to let me know they have shipped? I wrote that they should just ship my order when it can be filled and no substitutions...so I don't REALLY know when to expect them.

 

[cmom]

All of my chicks have come from Ideal. They arrived early am, but I live in Florida and Ideal is in Texas. If you provided a phone number they should call you. Call the P.O. and let them know you are expecting them.

 

[texasbartrambaby]

My chicks were shipped to Amarillo last November and my mother went and picked them up for me since we live in Tulia. Its a long story about the chicks. But anyway nice to know a fellow Panhandle person!!!

I know that I called her local P.O. and told them I was expecting chicks. They called me at 7 am and she was there by 7:30 to get them. All made it, but 3 died within the week. Ours were from Randall Burkey but they shipped from New Mexico??

Just call your local P.O. and have them call you the minute they get there. Tell them the earlier the better and that the time doesn't matter!!

Good luck with your TAKS and your chicks!

 

[luvchikies]

texasbartrambaby I PASSED ALL OF THE TAKS! fixing to become a sophomore! ok so is everyone ready for their chicks??????just 1 day left! tomorrow everyones chicks should be shipped! REMEMBER to post pics here about your chicks when they arrive and keep us updated I really want to know how the did so please don't forget to tell us!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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When I was in college, I got a shipment of chicks on a school day. I was near the post office on my way to school when my cell phone wrang (it was about 7:00 am). They were there! So, I went by and picked them up and took them home and checked everybody out. I called my professor on my way back towards school and he was really excited. He said that I actually had a good excuse and wanted to see pictures of them! (He was my Ecology professor). So, it has to be your decision on what is most urgent.

 

[campbellhatchery]

I ordered 145 RIR from Ideal (was a 3 month wait almost everywhere at the time, i still waited 3 weeks ordering in november).

Around here they won't deliver live animals to your door, especially in the dead of winter. They will be delivered to the local postal annex and they will call you when they arrive (called me at 6am). They were born on the 29th, I received them on the 31st. I spent my new years setting up an automatic watering system.

They all survived the trip, and they all survived their first night in my home made stack brooders. Sadly every day for the next 3 following days I lost a hen so I'm down to 142, 117 pullets.

They are now almost a month old and thriving

 

[TXmom]

THEY'RE HERE!!!!!!

The Post Office called me at 7:50 this morning and I was there at 7:55

They all arrived alive and hungry. I got the 10 pullets I orderd and 15 Packing Peanuts

What the heck am I going to do with them??? I guess they'll be on Craigslist in about an hour...