I recently received 2 ducks from a breeder that I paid extra for overnite shipping. According to the tracking, they left him @ 2pm and arrived here @ noon. When I took out the birds they were "warm". I ran my thumb over the feathers and one has slippage around the vent area about the size of a silver dollar, the other has a spot on his back about the same size. Just wondering what the chances of this happening is if they were well-frozen prior to shipping. I've received customer birds that were overnighted and have never had this problem.
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I would bet ALOT that they were not frozen hard before they were sent.
Also could be the bird sat around for quite a while before it was frozen. Have seen that cause slipping before.
Brad , I know that when I take a duck out the freezer to work on it takes at least a day to thaw enough to start skinning and the inside is usually still a little frozen or cold and this is having them unwrapped . If you got two birds in a box they should have still been frozen . The bird that was slipping was probably found dead in a cage before the guy did anything with it . Rick
I've tried contacting him several times since, even emailed him pictures of the slippage, still no response yet. Just wanted to confirm my thoughts before going any farther. Thanks.