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Ernie Haire:
There are three different small town Post Offices within about ten miles of me. There is only one that is open on Saturday morning. I use them when I need to ship on Saturday. The mail continues to move over the weekend whether the Post Office is open or not.

I am blessed in the fact that I can pick and chose which Post Office to ship my eggs from. All three of the Post Offices send their mail to different sorting facilities. I choose which Post Office to use based on where my hatching eggs are going. My Post Office sends the mail to Dallas to be sorted and then it is sent on its way. The Post Office in Overton sends its mail to Shreveport, LA to be sorted and then it is sent on its way. The Post Office in Price, Texas sends its mail to be sorted in Houston and then sent on its way. Sometimes, it saves a day in the mail if I ship from different Post Offices.

Ernie Haire
Poultry 2XL
Arp, Texas

Birdcrazy:
Ernie, it sounds like you really have a handle on your egg shipping situation. You are so fortunate to have 3 options available to use.

Ernie Haire:
I am truly blessed to have three different options for shipping. The people at all three of my Post Offices are great to work with. Like anything else, once they are out of my care and their care, our eggs are at the mercy of people we don't know.

Be Blessed,
Ernie Haire
Poultry 2XL
Arp, Texas

DeWayne Edgin:
Well i shipped out a box of chicks on Saturday! But they didn`t make it to MS today so i called my PO. The lady told me that they always ship express on Saturdays but she got a call from her boss saying not to do it again!! Somehow they gave it to FedEx to deliver and now i can`t find it!  >:( 

I guess i wont be shipping anymore and you would think that they would owe me a refund since it didn`t arrive in 2 days! I hope they get there alive!

Birdcrazy:
That's terrible DeWayne. It's bad enough to get damaged merchandise in the mail, but horrifying to receive DOA chicks. My experience is some of the postal workers can be like mother hens. I had one beg me to open the box at the post office so she could see them. She said "you aren't going to eat them are you. They are so cute!" Then you see the other side that when you go to get your chicks the guy says " I'll go get your chicks, they are out on the back dock (below freezing temperatures). Here they come, loud complaining chirps. you open the box and 1/3 are DOA and the rest not far behind. The postal workers seems unconcerned when you ask him why he didn't at least bring them in earlier from the cold. At least I can say lately my experience has been the positive one. I hope you find your chicks and they arrive safely.

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