DID YOU KNOW THEY SEND CHICKENS THROUGH THE MAIL?

With all of the concern over Salmonella and eggs these days, all eyes are on the chicken industry right now. For example, did you know that hatcheries send millions of newborn chicks through the mail every year? If you want to order some though you’ll have to order at least 25 chicks at a time so that the babies can keep each other warm in their perforated shipping boxes. Once they’re in transit, chicks can survive for three days without food or water, thanks to the egg yolk they eat before they hatch. That’s just enough time for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver them from hatcheries in the Midwest to places as far away as Hawaii and Alaska.

DID YOU KNOW THEY SEND CHICKENS THROUGH THE MAIL?

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