Has Anyone Ordered From Freedom Ranger Hatchery Before?

[Nyla]

Hello, I just ordered 15 White Female Muscovy's From Freedom Ranger Hatchery. I was wondering if anyone else has ordered from them? If so, How was your experience? Did you order chicks or ducklings? If so did all arrive okay? How healthy did they seem?

 

[cowboyclayt]

I have always used Cackle Hatchery with great results. I haven't heard about the Hatchery that you got yours from.

 

[Nyla]

I've used Cackle and they are amazing! But they don't sell Muscovy Ducklings. So I went with Freedom Ranger. Hopefully all arrive alive. I'm going to be doing a review on them. Hopefully a good one!

 

[Nyla]

Ordered 15 all female white Muscovy Ducklings. They sent 16. Arrived 4 days latter than delivery date. All dead... They didn't include heat pack or grogel. The box has a cardboard floor that is it. No hay or bedding for extra warmth. Don't order from them!

 

[Ducks4us]

Ordered 15 all female white Muscovy Ducklings. They sent 16. Arrived 4 days latter than delivery date. All dead... They didn't include heat pack or grogel. The box has a cardboard floor that is it. No hay or bedding for extra warmth. Don't order from them!

Oh my goodness that sounds horrible!!
Did you at least get a refund? How devastating!! Sorry it went so poorly!

 

[Nyla]

They said today or tomorrow (being today now) and if not tomorrow for sure Monday for them to send my refund. I told them it is cold , that they will defiantly need heat pack and since Muscovy's need food and water after hatch they should have put grogel in the box. But the guy said they will be shipped one day shipping and won't need the grogel and since there are so many ducklings, that they won't need heat pack. I told they guy I'd pay for grogel and heat pack and he kept saying it's not necessary.. It's privately owned and runed by a huge family. Here is a link to them http://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/white-muscovy-ducks.asp

 

[Ducks4us]

They said today or tomorrow (being today now) and if not tomorrow for sure Monday for them to send my refund.  I told them it is cold , that they will defiantly need heat pack and since Muscovy's need food and water after hatch they should have put grogel in the box. But the guy said they will be shipped one day shipping and won't need the grogel and since there are so many ducklings, that they won't need heat pack. I told they guy I'd pay for grogel and heat pack and he kept saying it's not necessary..  It's privately owned and runed by a huge family.  Here is a link to them http://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/white-muscovy-ducks.asp

Man how frustrating
Glad you will be receiving a refund. Not that it changes how things ended.

 

[chickens really]

That is terrible...

I really hope the new Ducklings now arrive in perfect condition......

Post pictures once they are settled......

Best wishes.....


Cheers!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Ordered 15 all female white Muscovy Ducklings. They sent 16. Arrived 4 days latter than delivery date. All dead... They didn't include heat pack or grogel. The box has a cardboard floor that is it. No hay or bedding for extra warmth. Don't order from them!

I am so sorry, that is awful.

 

[Stablecoop]

I know this is a post from years ago, but I wish I had searched here before we ordered from this hatchery. We ordered 50 freedom ranger meat birds (straight run) for late spring, and were ensured that the birds would be delivered in less than 3 days. With Covid-19, we asked if we should pay for the 1-day shipping, and they said no, that the priority mail was still being delivered on time. The tracking said otherwise, so we were concerned. The package tracking went dark after day 2, and no one had any idea about where our chicks were. Day 4 they arrived at our post office, all were dead. Freedom Ranger hatchery replaced our order, but they could only supply all males. We insisted this time on one-day shipping and we paid for that. We kept a close eye on the tracking and again after the chicks were on the road for a day, the tracking went dark. Panic set in, and I called Post Offices and terminals along the route. No one knew where the chicks were, and after hours of calls and emails, I learned that there was a glitch in the order address....the address lines in the shipping document were mispopulated, my address was my zipcode, and the zipcode was my street address. I reached out to the hatchery and after I provided screenshots of the messed up address from the post office documents, they said that the post office always throws them under the bus. I insisted that they actually look at what I sent them. He finally looked at the document, and said he would look into the software glitch. There was an APB put on the package from all of the folks at various Post Offices and Terminals as a result of my phonecalls to them (the hatchery did not put effort in to find this package or make calls), and because Post Office workers were personally looking for this package locally and at their offices and terminals along the route, the package was found and the chicks made their way to my post office in 2.5 days. Personal phone calls and communication between employees and myself were the only things that got the chicks delivered (mostly) alive.

To note, all of the birds but one were alive, and they are happy and healthy now. The quality and health of the birds are excellent, we are very happy with that aspect of the hatchery. But they really have work to do with the systems they use in our experience. I am only writing this because I wonder how this glitch has impacted their timely delivery beyond just our case, and to give others a heads-up that this has been an issue for them. We have never had this issue with Cackle, and unless we can physically pick up birds at Freedom Ranger Hatchery, we will be using Cackle for all our chick orders.