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Mike Gilbert:
Have you tried including something for them to eat in the shipping container?   It  has worked for me.

Jean:
Mike,

Yes, I provide apples or even a cup taped to the inside of the shipping box with gelatin and crumbles mixed for smaller birds.  My chick shipments get cucumbers.

If it is cold or a small order of chicks, I add a 72 hour heat pack.

I also do alot of research before I ship.  I find out how many days the bird is supposed to take to get to it\'s destination.  If it is two days, I try to see if there is a post office within 30 miles of purchaser\'s home that will get the bird there overnight.

Even with food, I prefer to ship a bird older than 4-6 weeks.

Beth C:
Wayne, I haven\'t shipped any out, but, from a buyer\'s point of view, I\'d never think of asking a seller to reimburse the shipping, or bird either for that matter. I understand how disappointing it must be to receive a dead bird, but it\'s a risk you take to get something that isn\'t available locally. I make the choice to buy from an out of state breeder, I make the choice to have the bird shipped, I assume the risk. It\'s a nice gesture to offer a refund/replacement for the bird itself but you are in no way responsible for the shipping.

Paul:
Our PO goes by the book-and only ships adult birds or day old chicks-nothing between like started chicks.  We have shipped many since 2000 with the loss of only one pullet a few years ago.  They were suppose to go to Kansas to a man who works in the PO!  Someone put the birds on the wrong plane and they were sent to Colorado.  They arrived in Kansas either 3 or 4 days after we sent them.  Our PO refunded the postage as it was a late delivery.  I sent another blue pullet.  Since then I met Ken and have sold more to him.

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