We are starting chicks earlier this year. We received 51 chicks this morning that traveled about 2400 miles shipped on Wednesday from the hatchery. Excellent crating and shipping services. USPS tracking never was updated until after we received them. But they arrived in great shape and on-time. The clerk at the PO said a batch of chicks that arrived at their station yesterday from a different hatchery was not in such good shape and many of their chicks had died en route. That's just sad :(