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Wait until you find out you can send chickens by mail https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/ https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/

by htrp 2y ago

thehappypm 2y ago
I was just at a historical farm and they explained this to me! They said that it can often go badly though, like if there’s a storm that delayed shipments, they can all die, which is super sad
- mopenstein 2y ago
  My sister worked for the post office years ago. If her office received live birds, and thought they might die (because the owner couldn't be reached to pick up or whatever), an employee could take them home and care for them.
- istjohn 2y ago
  Wait until you hear what happens to male chicks.
  - yellowapple 2y ago
    At least maceration is a more-or-less instantaneous death, as opposed to slowly starving in a box.
dmckeon 2y ago
Various live animals, queen bees and up to 8 attendant bees by air, but bee hives by ground only. Fair warning: the recipient of mailed bee hives may get a phone call at any time of day or night to "please come get them ASAP". https://about.usps.com/posters/pos138/pos138__v04_revision_082014_tech_012.htm https://about.usps.com/posters/pos138/pos138__v04_revision_0... https://pe.usps.com/PUB52_Archive/NHTML/PUB52_Archive_20220404/pub52c7_014.htm https://pe.usps.com/PUB52_Archive/NHTML/PUB52_Archive_202204...
Dunan 2y ago
People have sent children by mail: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-chil... ...I don't think they let you do this anymore.
- ars 2y ago
  It sounds funny, but they didn't really "mail" them as you think of the word. Rather they traveled in the company of a trusted adult who happened to work for the post office.
  - wileydragonfly 2y ago
    How much? I need someone to tend my looms.
    - bcoates 2y ago
      You'll want to save money by shopping in bulk: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train
scottcha 2y ago
My Grandparents lived in a very small farming town (pop 500) and word would get around town when chicks had arrived and she would take us down there to see them.

Wait until you find out you can send chickens by mail https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/ https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/

by htrp 2y ago

Wait until you find out you can send chickens by mail https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/ https://facts.usps.com/shipping-chicks/

thehappypm 2y ago

I was just at a historical farm and they explained this to me! They said that it can often go badly though, like if there’s a storm that delayed shipments, they can all die, which is super sad

mopenstein 2y ago
My sister worked for the post office years ago. If her office received live birds, and thought they might die (because the owner couldn't be reached to pick up or whatever), an employee could take them home and care for them.
istjohn 2y ago
Wait until you hear what happens to male chicks.
- yellowapple 2y ago
  At least maceration is a more-or-less instantaneous death, as opposed to slowly starving in a box.

dmckeon 2y ago

Various live animals, queen bees and up to 8 attendant bees by air, but bee hives by ground only. Fair warning: the recipient of mailed bee hives may get a phone call at any time of day or night to "please come get them ASAP". https://about.usps.com/posters/pos138/pos138__v04_revision_082014_tech_012.htm https://about.usps.com/posters/pos138/pos138__v04_revision_0... https://pe.usps.com/PUB52_Archive/NHTML/PUB52_Archive_20220404/pub52c7_014.htm https://pe.usps.com/PUB52_Archive/NHTML/PUB52_Archive_202204...

Dunan 2y ago

People have sent children by mail: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-chil... ...I don't think they let you do this anymore.

ars 2y ago
It sounds funny, but they didn't really "mail" them as you think of the word. Rather they traveled in the company of a trusted adult who happened to work for the post office.
- wileydragonfly 2y ago
  How much? I need someone to tend my looms.
  - bcoates 2y ago
    You'll want to save money by shopping in bulk: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Train

scottcha 2y ago

My Grandparents lived in a very small farming town (pop 500) and word would get around town when chicks had arrived and she would take us down there to see them.