How do day old chicks handle shipping?
A. God gave baby chicks a special gift, it’s the yolk, the yolk is the last thing absorbed after the shell has been “pipped” by the chick, absorbing the yolk allows the chick to survive up to 3 days without any additional food or water. It really is amazing. So shipping day old chicks second day air allows the chicks to arrive at their final destination within the 3 day window. Once the chick arrives just feed it water with electrolyte and then wait an hour to feed them chick starter feed. From WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken#Breeding “Before hatching the hen can hear the chicks peeping inside the eggs, and will gently cluck to stimulate them to break out of their shells. The chick begins by pipping – pecking a breathing hole with its egg tooth towards the blunt end of the egg, usually on the upper side. It will then rest for some hours, absorbing the remaining egg-yolk and withdrawing the blood supply from the membrane beneath the shell (used earlier for breathing thro
