New Postal Regulation?

[Guest]

I just dropped off a day-old chick order at the airport post office yesterday evening and the clerk just almost wouldn\'t let me ship them.  They had just gotten in a new mandated regulation on 5/14 covering Adult Fowl stating they all had to be shipped in the bio-shipping boxes.

After much explaining and waiting while he disappeared into the back office to look up the reg in the book, I finally convinced him that chicks had a different section in the regulations than adults.

Still, the new regulation mandate now applies to shipping adult large fowl.  Anybody heard of this?

[Guest]

I just checked BirdShippers.org and they have the posting about the new requirements.  It only states \"approved containers\".  So, their approved containers mean the bio-shippers.

Also forgot, the rate increase went into effect too.  A box of chicks went up $2.10 from what I have normally been charged.

[Blue Egg Acres]

Wes, I had seen the info on  the Birdshippers site and wondered if that\'s what it referred to. Thanks for clearing that up.

[John]

I called PetPorts to get some of their micro-barrier filters to install in the boxes (single stall shippers) that I have from them (I buy in bulk and have a couple dozen out in the shed).  Anyway they will send the filters FREE, if you bought from them so you can make your boxes legal.