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Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelter
AP News ^ | Updated 2:01 PM CDT, May 19, 2025 | MINGSON LAU

Posted on 05/19/2025 2:17:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: 9422WMR

When I was a kid 50 some years ago, we had a family event at my cousin’s cousins house. They must have owned a large hatchery or something I don’t recall, but they employed two Japanese gentlemen who lived with the family and their job was to sex and separate the chicks.


41 posted on 05/19/2025 4:22:06 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Veto!

> Chickens, I must admit, are the only ones I eat. <

Same here. Plus the occasional lean turkey.

I’m not arguing for vegetarianism in my post #7. Instead, I’m asking for humane behavior whenever possible. And yes, chickens can be slaughtered quickly and humanely. I saw my grandmother do that many times.

As was mentioned elsewhere on this thread, the behavior of that USPS driver can be considered animal cruelty, a criminal offense.


42 posted on 05/19/2025 4:25:39 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I had a friend who worked night shift at a large city USPS collection center. What happened to these poor chicks doesn’t surprise me. The dark majority employees had no respect for anything or anyone. They took great delight in throwing packages marked “fragile” as hard as they could, among other things. The stories he would tell.......


43 posted on 05/19/2025 4:30:41 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice. Psalm 130)
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To: Jamestown1630

Are you a Wizard?


44 posted on 05/19/2025 4:56:12 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

No.

I might be a bit of a witch, though.


45 posted on 05/19/2025 4:57:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Polyxene
I've heard the same stories that you have. And that's just a thimbleful of what transpires. Urban USPS employees are the bottom of the barrel. Putting that in your employment history is a liability, akin to being in stir.

In fact, I have no doubts that every Urban USPS employee does have a criminal history of some sort.

USPS employees in areas isolated and far removed from THEM are alright. It's the difference between night and day. I've tracked packages cross country and they usually move through the system OK. But once they reach an Urban distribution center, I've had the packages disappear into a black hole for a couple weeks, sometimes never to be seen again.

46 posted on 05/19/2025 5:10:49 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Leaning Right

And he should rot in jail.


47 posted on 05/19/2025 5:42:24 PM PDT by Veto! (Trump Is Superman)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I’ll bet the driver doesn’t speak English!


48 posted on 05/19/2025 6:44:00 PM PDT by arizonarick
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Diana in Wisconsin

Ping!.......


49 posted on 05/19/2025 6:48:48 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dfwgator

🤪.............


50 posted on 05/19/2025 6:49:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: lucky american

I’ve ordered chicks through the USPS on several occasions. The Postman always delivers them to my front door.


51 posted on 05/19/2025 7:07:51 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: Red Badger

It’s just, ‘a process breakdown.’ Nothing to see here!

What a shame. I’m sure NEWMAN is at fault for this! ;)

I used to raise chickens in a BIG way; 50+ at a time for egg sales. I ordered new chicks when I needed them from Murray McMurray Hatchery out of Iowa (highly recommended if you can’t get chicks locally) and we went to the main Post Office next town over to pick them up. The kids LOVED the ‘process’ and they always threw in a few extra chicks with your order as - things happen. It taught them about, ‘The Circle of Life.’

Nothing sweeter than a box of peeping baby chicks. Except, of course, a Speckled Pup! ;)


52 posted on 05/20/2025 6:11:39 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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