This is my first post here. My first problem with poultry, and I don't even have a single bird on my farm yet.
My name is Valerie. I live in the northern reaches of MN.
About a week ago I ordered 25 Straight Run Buckeye chicks from Strombergs hatchery, a hatchery that I thought was in MN. I got confirmation that the chicks would ship on 06/12 and arrive within 48 hours. I expected them the same day as the hatchery is less then a days drive. I wanted low stressed shipping. I also wanted Urich Line Buckeyes, they are a heritage breed, and Strombergs actually has their own line for the breed. So I was confident in my purchase.
It's now late in the evening on the 14th. No birds. I've been bugging the post office they keep sending me to their "tracker" which tracks nothing. I found out through this tracker that the chicks left Portales, New Mexico on the evening of the 12th. NEW MEXICO?!?! I was pissed at this point. I start digging
online and find there is a Privette Hatchery in NM. They have a HORRIBLE reputation! Terrible reviews online. Really LOW quality birds. I'm really worried now.
I am not looking forward to going to the post office tomorrow and finding a box of dead
chickens. My farm hasn't even gotten started and it's DOA. Everything I've read says chicks only last 48 hours without food or
water. I'm so mad. I feel like I was lied to by Strombergs, and mad at myself for trusting a hatchery. I'm just so sad that there is a warm brooder in my house with no chicks to fill it.