Can I schedule delivery of my baby chicks on a specific day of the week?
Unfortunately, no! Chick orders are shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the USPS guarantees us they will arrive no later than the end of the day Thursday. Right before the babies hatch, they absorb their yolk sac, which sustains them for the trip. In nature, this is designed to help early hatchers survive until momma hen is done brooding and can leave the nest to take all her babies to eat and drink. (She can't leave until everyone is done hatching.) Our eggs are incubated so that they begin hatching on Mondays, so we must ship them as they hatch in order for the baby chicks to be able to survive their journey to you and arrive happy and healthy.
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