The Portland Press-Herald has a disturbing report out of Maine, that due to post office slowdowns, farmers are ordering baby chicks in the mail only to find them dead on arrival. “We’ve never had a problem like this before,” said farmer Pauline Henderson, who received a shipment of 800 chicks from Pennsylvania, all of them dead. If you’re unfamiliar with the common practice of mailing live chicks, read our story from back in 2017, when it seemed safer and more viable.
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