We Ordered 15 Baby Chicks By Mail

[@caz4523]

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

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Well that’s great to hear!

[@BroqueCowgirlHomestead]

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.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

We have had people close to us with bad experiences but luckily it all went well for us!

[@surgicaltechcrafter2169]

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.

[@bokesnmokes]

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.

[@nailessencebymel6963]

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

[@rh5022]

Who do u order chickens from ?

[@AcresOfAdventure]

That’s great to hear!

[@itsme92075]

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.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

They all made it okay for you I hope!

[@itsme92075]

@@AcresOfAdventure they did all are doing great

[@Nolan_Dykstra]

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.

[@observationistdave]

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.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Luckily ours were local we got from the mail so they were not in the mail process longer then 24 hours

[@Lilginabanina]

Ours from McMurray started in IA trucked to MN took a ✈️ to white plains, NY then Manhattan then to our local PO where I picked up, was scared to put them through another lay over. Overall they arrived within 40 hours… 5 are excellent 1 buff orp is smaller and not as strong but eats and drinks a lot… my first chicks, thanks for your videos and teaching me what you know!

[@danielleterry2331]

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 .

[@jamiekerbleski]

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

[@AcresOfAdventure]

We are excited to go through it again 😁

[@paulawhite2882]

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.+

[@AcresOfAdventure]

We hope our kids will appreciate it when they our older

[@lucindamuniz2100]

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

[@AdamBensafi-ig6wn]

The baby chicken is so cute

[@TheNakidGardeners]

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

[@AcresOfAdventure]

We will have to look into them, we would love to have one breed that is great for eggs and meat

[@TheNakidGardeners]

@@AcresOfAdventure do you have an incubator?

[@goodwinsfarmgifts2078]

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

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Yes we just wanted them as soon as we could so they would be safe

[@Lilginabanina]

I have been watching u for awhile as research… finally picked up our first 6 chicks from post office…

[@cricstar2244]

Love you from india❤

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Thank you for the support!

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

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

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Those are not good hours at all!

[@jonheath3706]

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 🎉

[@jobliss1234]

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

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

So many choices by mail. Get catalog... omg, so fun

[@juliannedispain1637]

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.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

That is very sad :/

[@truthandlove0]

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

[@AcresOfAdventure]

processing day is not easy, but after the hard part all the others parts of it are so rewarding to know that you grew your own food

[@9sixsupersport864]

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?

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Not sure that sounds pretty far

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

Nice lookin' finger lickin' chickens there.

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

I hesitate to do mail orders.

[@rh5022]

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

[@danthiesen4778]

Do the chicks need grit to eat that food?

[@AcresOfAdventure]

We usually start them with some chick grit a little after 1 week old, they seem to have done fine with the feed

[@tonytran4588]

Where are you Oder the chick

[@itsme92075]

We had to order from tractor supply

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

Many different hatcheries around the US. Murray McMurray is a big site that I've used. There r many other & they have guarantees

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Local farm here around Zealand Michigan

[@robinham2796]

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

[@seanburnette1816]

If you've never ordered chicks by mail how would you know if it makes a weaker chicken or not? In my first hand experience, there is no difference in the fortitude of chickens shipped at birth and ones born and raised on one farm. They are actually very well adapted animals and are independent within hours of hatching, so give them a bit more credit. Also, they are not "babies", they are chicks. You do yourself and your livestock a great disservice by anthropomorphizing them and attach human qualities and traits to non-human animals.