Murray McMurray problems anyone else?

[DonyaQuick]

Do you all think that this is happening "on purpose", to get the usps out of having to ship live birds? I know legally this is the only way to ship poultry, but I would gladly pay to have another service like fedex, ups, amazon, or even a new private "live poultry and hatching eggs" shipping company, ship my orders of anything bird related. I know they added a new $15 fee this year...you think this would make things better, not worse...

What I really don't get is Fedex and UPS both ship other live animals all the time; it's how the aquarium industry functions. So if I wanted, I could get a moray eel sent by Fedex overnight from California right to my door in rural NY...but not chicks. Although UPS in my area would still just dump the box in the snow on the side of a hill...

 

[Amer]

USPS has been dodgy lately. Sure, the chicks might arrive at their destination within three days, but they also might spend six days in the mail
After my eye opening experience of shipping fully grown pullets to Ohio only for them to get stuck in the mail for six days (they survived in the end, just very hungry and thirsty.) I have decided USPS is no longer to be trusted and I no longer advise people to take that gamble.
USPS used to be better, but it's worse now.

 

[CabritaChicks]

You're absolutely right—there are multiple ways to ship animals beyond just USPS. When I moved to the Virgin Islands, I brought my parrots with me, but they had to be shipped as cargo. This meant they traveled on a separate flight, rather than as checked baggage or in-cabin. The process involved dropping them off at the airport’s cargo facility, where they were handled by the airline's cargo division rather than the standard passenger services.

I've also received rescue birds from various locations, including Guatemala. Every single one of them was transported as cargo on a non-passenger plane. However, unlike traditional package deliveries, live animals shipped as cargo must be picked up at the airline’s manifest cargo area at the airport—you don’t get them delivered directly to your doorstep (unless you hire a currior service to pick them up and deliver them from the airport cargo).

I also know that my RIR chicks came by cargo plane- not USPS. Although my Eggs I ordered are coming USPS (waiting on arrival- arriving late).
Maybe that is the confusion?

 

[CabritaChicks]

I get you on the aquarium.... FedEx will ship anything it seems. No regard. That is how I got all of my aquascaping plants, and of course the fish and inverts.