Baby Chicks Have Been Dying in the U.S. Mail | Newsmax.com

[John W Blehm]

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...Hatcheries have been sending chicks through the mail since the postmaster general granted such permission in 1918, according to the U.S. Postal Service website. Newborn chicks can survive 72 hours without food or water, thanks to nutrients from the egg yolk, which they ingest immediately before hatching.

"Only because of what I would call these made-up problems at the post office, a system has broken down that has worked well for a hundred years," Pingree said in a telephone interview. "It appears to be either the delaying of mail or mishandling by private contractors."...