Thousands of chicks arrive dead to farmers amid USPS turmoil

KOMO News ^ | August 20, 2020 | AP Staff

[Diana in Wisconsin]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)

[rdl6989]

Lol, I knew I’d get a reply like this.

[Scrambler Bob]

As a kid in FFA, I ordered 50 from Sears (about 1968 AD).

They send 52, probably in case 2 died, buy I got 52 live.

Hybrid, grew fast for meat; boy they tasted good.

[neefer]

Yikes. We've only lost a hen here and there. We were just given a rooster, but haven't incubated yet.

I definitely prefer mail order and I notice some breeds ship better than others. Learned my lesson buying from Tractor Supply.

[Scrambler Bob]

“Ship ‘em, dead or alive!”
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Head em up, Head em out, . . .

Rawhide

[Scrambler Bob]

The REAL target of the disruptions are not chicks or prescriptions, but BALLOTS!! This must not stand!!!!
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We all know the chicks would have voted for DJT

[McGavin999]

What kind of idiot ships live animal through the mail?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

“Judy was an American girl
She came in the morning
With the US mail
She didn’t say nothing
But she looked pretty good to me”

Early New Wave song about a girl in a men’s magazine;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U59z_KhAbnI

[Vermont Lt]

That has as much to do with the heat as it does with the postal service delay.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

People have been doing it for decades.

Works pretty good for newly hatched chicks. Not so great for calves.

[Steve_Seattle]

I call BS on this story. The proposed changes in post office policy haven’t even been implemented yet.

[rktman]

What about thighs?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Only if they are attached to the chicks.

[McGavin999]

Why? There is more room to put the stamps on calves.

[Hot Tabasco]

"Money for nothing and chicks by mail........"

Hat tip to Dire Straits..........

[Texan5]

People out here don’t order chicks/other live creatures shipped directly to them-they order the critters through the feed and ranch stores-the chicks are delivered there-but NOT by USPS-you drive there and pick up your poultry-and it is guaranteed to be alive, or you are paid for the loss...

I don’t know anyone who orders chicks to be delivered by USPS any more..

USPS now either drops packages at the edge of the road by your driveway-where they can be run over or stolen-or throws them at your closed gate-I happened to be outside, heard and saw the package I was expecting hit the gate-both of the bottles of perfume I’d ordered were broken-that was months ago-I only use FedEx or UPS now for packages, even when it costs more...

[pepsi_junkie]

Pingree, a Maine Democrat, is raising the issue of the dead chicks and the losses farms are facing in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and U.S. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sonny Perdue, The Portland Press Herald reported.

They never seemed all that concerned in New England when a dead chick was found in a prominent democrats submerged car.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It takes forever to get the poop out of the little truck.

[McGavin999]

😂

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Lucy! You got some ‘splainin’ to do!” :)

[bdfromlv]

many shippers have a temperature limit for live animals due to poor hold ventilation someone cheated and hoped for the best, blame the desk clerk not USPS.