I have never received chicks that have been this poorly when they arrived from any other hatchery. On arrival four were dead, one was so decomposed in the box that I didn't even see it at first. There was no food in the box for them and due to the feather growth on their wings they do not appear to be freshly hatched chicks, more like a week old. Everyone knows you have to ship chicks right after they hatch as they have about three days of nourishment from the yolk to live on. When I removed the chick still alive from the box, they were very unwell and just stood huddled together wobbling on their feet. Within 3 hrs three more chicks had laid down and died. I had ordered 10 chicks, and AZ Chickens shipped 13. I have never had a hatchery ship so many extra chicks, its like they knew that many would not survive their shipping practices. I only had six chicks survive of the 13 shipped. I texted the number provided on the website to let them know what happened and included pictures of the shipping conditions, its been 6 days and still no one has responded.
Thank you so much ! Awesome job!
I had high hopes ordering chicks from a local AZ breeder. Was really looking forward to the 16 Maran/Plymouths that would be joining our flock. I made sure to pick them up as soon as I heard from the post office that they had come in. Unfortunately, 2 out of the 16, did not survive the commute which I had accounted for when I ordered. The further misfortune is that since their arrival, there have been more that have not made it. Slowly over the course of the two weeks, I lost now half of those babies with only 8 remaining. Not sure what has been occurring. None of them are showing signs of illness or disease. This is not my first time raising chickens, so I am confident in my process of raising healthy birds. Just heartbreaking to wake up in the morning to find another one of my little friends didn't make it...
Thought you guys should know.