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shelovesbackshots OP t1_jcgp1mh wrote

For the first two days of life, chicks are still digesting the yolk sacks from the eggs. They can survive shipment as long as they are kept warm and arrive within three days at the most.

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mattgen88 t1_jcgsozp wrote

Unless post master general Louis dejoy causes delays in mail... Like he did.

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AudibleNod t1_jcgtnn0 wrote

yup. it happened.

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nuclearswan t1_jchhx8y wrote

They should ship Dejoy back to where he came from.

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kneemahp t1_jcir732 wrote

Why is he still in office?

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Kronomancer1192 t1_jcizo3f wrote

I live for the day when a news article names a shithead politician as "this asshole" instead of "democratic" or "republican". Cause, you know, they're all assholes...

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GeneralNathanJessup t1_jckqnvi wrote

The saddest part about the thousands of dead chicks is that nobody bothered to file claim for the loss.

The post office just "write's off" the loss.

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Responsible_Smile789 t1_jciegno wrote

Learned from the article: that was when Trump blocked federal aid for the USPS because he didn’t want to support mail-in election voters, the money prolly would of prevented a slow down in the USPS facilities

Louis was the top official of the USPS and should have known about the consequences of slowing the mail process in the affected facilities, therefore preventing the thousands of chicken deaths/casual and professional chicken farmers losses or at least been able to explain better

So Louis dropped the ball, but Trump for personal , not conservative reasons failed to support USPS funding(wages, new facilities, maintenance) Refusing the plan of 3B specifically for mail-election and the 25B asked in general for USPS

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BylenS t1_jckbh0y wrote

Do you remember that the USPS was one of the entities Trump attacked. When he put Louis in Louis made the statement that he would break the USPS and cause its demise. Trump put him in to cause USPS to fail. I worked for th USPS at the time ( recently retired) and I saw first hand the delays. The mail is usually at the post office when we get there. During that time we would be standing around waiting for our mail till 2pm and then have to rush to get it out and saving some till the next day, or calling in back up to help us get it done. It was costing USPS a ton of money paying 2 carriers for one route and paying overtime. It was a nightmare!

On a happier note... I loved getting baby chicks in. When we got chicks we always peaked in the holes and talked to them. When we get them we know they're special, and get special treatment. We usually call to see if someone's home to get them or if they want to pick them up.

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Font_Snob t1_jchaeuo wrote

Ducklings, as well, for the same reasons.

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the_cardfather t1_jciaqri wrote

I'm not sure if it was a duckling but I remember one time. My friend who worked at the post office carried a rather large duck to someone. Apparently there was supposed to be a male hold and they were supposed to keep it at the post office but he rushed it to their house first thing. They showed up at the post office while he was at their house so they rushed off to get in. I'm not sure if he stayed with the duck or not.

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DassemUltor t1_jcjms0t wrote

Sounds like a good worker. He really came through when it mallard.

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Duranis t1_jcjs0af wrote

Some people would have ducked out of making a pun like that. Good on you for following through and quacking me up.

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voucher420 t1_jck2siu wrote

I’m glad you found it funny, but this one is for the birds.

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Elmodogg t1_jciqn7h wrote

Many can, all do not. I was at a hardware store one day when they were opening the chick shipment box. It was pretty ugly. Very sad to see dead chicks.

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frostydolphins t1_jcj44yh wrote

It's unfortunate people don't feel the same way when seeing chicken nuggets

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Controllerpleb t1_jcl3za4 wrote

Humans are omnivores. That means we need meat to survive.

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frostydolphins t1_jcl4rx4 wrote

You're right. I've been dead for the last decade from veganism 😵

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Controllerpleb t1_jclknux wrote

https://www.saintlukeskc.org/about/news/research-shows-vegan-diet-leads-nutritional-deficiencies-health-problems-plant-forward#

“Animal-based foods have been an important part of the human diet for at least three million years. Eliminating all animal foods would be like deciding you’re going to feed a tiger tofu and expect that it’s going to be healthy. If you want an organism to thrive, you should feed it the diet for which it’s been genetically adapted via evolution down through the ages.”

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ScoobyDoubie t1_jciwidu wrote

Our post office leaves the chick shipment outside in the cold on their loading dock. We have to get them ASAP otherwise bye bye chickens.

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ikariusrb t1_jcl2z23 wrote

And I'd presume that chicks.... are their own packing material, to boot.

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