Jese received the phone call this morning: the cavalier postal worker announced that our chicks had arrived, but that they were dead... not a single one of our twenty five rare Chantecler baby chicks had survived to come home to us.
The seller was contacted and assured us that this happens all the time, that some postal worker had likely not bothered to read the "Fragile - Keep Warm" warning and therefore the tiny little guys had probably frozen to death in their box.
Lame.
Although we will be getting another delivery of birds in June with no charge to us, let it be known that we have been screwed by the post office no less that TWO TIMES this past month. So, farewell first batch of chicks, we mourn your short and cold life
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Booooo! That is absolutely terrible. You know, we got a lot of raised eyebrows when we said we were having chicks delivered in the wintertime. The hatcheries don't have problems sending them, but the locals thought it wasn't too smart. Somehow we lucked out, but maybe you got more of the standard treatment. I'm real sorry to hear it. :(
ReplyDeleteWHAT? This totally IS lame! I don't even like chicks as far as I know, and even I am outraged. That just really bites it big-time.
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