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just one day-old chick of unknown sex goes for $199, plus shipping and handling How is this done practically? Can a company like UPS move living animals or are

by stinos 11y ago

just one day-old chick of unknown sex goes for $199, plus shipping and handling How is this done practically? Can a company like UPS move living animals or are there special regulations?

dbarlett 11y ago
Mailing chicks via USPS [1] is legal and common: Some animals are mailable under proper conditions. See the specific instructions as noted for the following kinds of animals: * Live bees * Live, day-old poultry * Live adult fowl * Live scorpions (only under limited circumstances) * Other small, harmless, cold–blooded animals [1] http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm
- anentropic 11y ago
  that's great, where would we be without the ability to mail live scorpions...?! :)
  - furyg3 11y ago
    Apparently we'd be without scorpion antivenin! The mailing of scorpions is limited by the restrictions in 18 U.S.C. 1716. Under this limitation, scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research use or the manufacture of antivenin.
- jerf 11y ago
  Popular Mechanics in 2010 sent packages through the mail with a variety of sensors. I was particularly surprised at the temperature stability they witnessed, important to shipping live animals: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/a6284/which-shipping-company-is-kindest-to-your-packages/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/a6284/whi...
iamthepieman 11y ago
I haven't raised poulets in a while but when I was I would often get them delivered. They come in a big brown box with air holes cut along the top. Sometimes they are fancy like [0] and sometimes pretty plain [1]. They are usually a little stressed from the trip but a few hours in a refrigerator box (or the bathtub) under a heat lamp with access to fresh water and feed will put them at ease quickly. Usually there's a minimum order because the body heat of two dozen chicks helps keep them warm. [0] http://www.hm-e.net/ http://www.hm-e.net/ [1] http://cutlersupply.com/zen_new51/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=661 http://cutlersupply.com/zen_new51/index.php?main_page=produc...

by stinos 11y ago

just one day-old chick of unknown sex goes for $199, plus shipping and handling How is this done practically? Can a company like UPS move living animals or are there special regulations?

dbarlett 11y ago

Mailing chicks via USPS [1] is legal and common: Some animals are mailable under proper conditions. See the specific instructions as noted for the following kinds of animals: * Live bees * Live, day-old poultry * Live adult fowl * Live scorpions (only under limited circumstances) * Other small, harmless, cold–blooded animals [1] http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub52/pub52c5_008.htm

anentropic 11y ago
that's great, where would we be without the ability to mail live scorpions...?! :)
- furyg3 11y ago
  Apparently we'd be without scorpion antivenin! The mailing of scorpions is limited by the restrictions in 18 U.S.C. 1716. Under this limitation, scorpions are mailable only when sent for the purposes of medical research use or the manufacture of antivenin.
jerf 11y ago
Popular Mechanics in 2010 sent packages through the mail with a variety of sensors. I was particularly surprised at the temperature stability they witnessed, important to shipping live animals: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/a6284/which-shipping-company-is-kindest-to-your-packages/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/reviews/a6284/whi...

iamthepieman 11y ago

I haven't raised poulets in a while but when I was I would often get them delivered. They come in a big brown box with air holes cut along the top. Sometimes they are fancy like [0] and sometimes pretty plain [1]. They are usually a little stressed from the trip but a few hours in a refrigerator box (or the bathtub) under a heat lamp with access to fresh water and feed will put them at ease quickly. Usually there's a minimum order because the body heat of two dozen chicks helps keep them warm. [0] http://www.hm-e.net/ http://www.hm-e.net/ [1] http://cutlersupply.com/zen_new51/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=661 http://cutlersupply.com/zen_new51/index.php?main_page=produc...