We Ordered 15 Baby Chicks By Mail 

They have pretty much perfected the shipping of baby chicks. They have been shipping live chicks through the US postal service since 1918. You do occasionally have a loss. But, you have losses on the farm too.

I have been ordering chicks in the mail for years...never had any problems...all healthy all alive...I live in FL

Our first time and our first 6 died. Held up in Detroit. Sent out replacements and this time were held up in MN for 3 days so we went to a local hatchery thinking they were for sure arriving dead again but our Postal worker said there is peeping so I skedattled as quick as I could and was terrified how many died but they were all ALIVE! We were so giddy sitting in the small town post office parking lot getting them to drink and eat. Monday is 3 weeks and we have 24 chicks and all are safe, happy and healthy. We spend hours throughout the day with them. We have a tent and they are so excited when we unzip it 24 birds flying out and running around. We actually made their dust bath right on the floor in front of the tent and watching them is so awesome. We are picking up our meat chickens in July and 5 more baby chicks.

I have mail ordered three times, and never had a problem 😊

They've been mailing chicks for over a hundred years, I was rolling my eyes when you were getting so hysterical about it. The funny thing is you're living the way we all grew up 60 years ago and I think it's awesome.

We just got 10 in the mail. We normally buy locally but no one around us had any chicks. We got Rhode Island reds from tractor supply.

I have ordered twice in 2 years and have had +50% mortality both times. I found a local source and will use them in the future.

Glad to see you guys are doing meat birds again this year. Thank you for sharing the journey with us!

Chickens love fermented grains, and it reduces how much they eat and is good for a change. Pigs thrive on excess milk and whey from your own cows or neighbours. Its ok to let it go sour too - good for their gut. And feeding them some natural charcoal helos with smell. charcoal 🎉

Homesteading, no matter on what scale is a great opportunity for children and adults. Sometimes tiring, but at the end of the day, a rewarding experience. I think it is great for children! You are lucky to have a good chicken feed source. For some reason around our area, we can't get anything that resembles real food.+

I prefer to get mine local just for the less stress on chics, but the place I get mine from don’t do Cornish cross meat chics so every year I have that nail biting stress. Glad all yours made it I lost 3 within 24 hours .

Omgossh ❤I wish I lived in the country however I think if I did I would be the chicken lady cause it kills me whenever I see mine peck at each other and when one died unexpectedly my heart was broken for days ❤GREAT JOB showing/raising those babies 🥰to see where the food all comes from

Have you heard of the American Bresse chicken? Way more self-sufficient and better tasting IMO than any other bird

I work at a Famuly Farm & Home, we get our chicks in the mail for the store and unfortunately some don't make it. The Bantams in particular have a hard time making the trip in those boxes.

The baby chicken is so cute

We did mail order for the first time this year. It was very nerve racking.

Wow, yeah we go local feed store... didn't even know could order by mail, crazy

Love you from india❤

My local post office has odd hours. 9 to 12 then 1:30 to 3. But not always

How was it to process your first meat bird? Because I bought some and just the mental toughness it takes to even consider processing the first one is more than I'd considered lol

I will never mail order chicks again. Some were dead on arrival and several died by the next morning because they were just too weak no matter what I did. Watching them take their last breath devastated me.

I picked up a load of USPS mail from WV going to Texas and they put live chicks on our trailer and it’s 90 degrees outside and even hotter inside the tractor trailer ,you think they will survive a 1,000 mile trip?

Nice lookin' finger lickin' chickens there.

I hesitate to do mail orders.

1st time they mostly all died. 2nd time 35 came alive and very well all brahmas.

Do the chicks need grit to eat that food?

Where are you Oder the chick

I would NEVER order babies in the mail, ever. Hatch myself or buy them from local folk. This has to stop….it won’t, but it’s cruel and makes a weaker chicken from the stress of transport. IMHO