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Ordering Information

Read carefully and save time! Please order from us only if you agree to all the conditions outlined below.

Hatching Season Begins: Mondays and Tuesdays the weeks of  May  10, 17 and June 7, 14. Ducklings are shipped the day they hatch.

Sexing: Except for sexed pairs as specified on the price lists, ducklings are sold unsexed and in the sex ratio provided by nature. Usually this means about half of each gender, although it can vary from week to week. Sorry, we do not sex out extra females.

Minimum Orders: The fewest day-olds we ship are 10 ducklings. These minimums are required in order to allow the babies to maintain the correct temperature while traveling. There is no minimum order for adult birds.

Ordering: Orders are filled on a first come, first served basis. If you want day-olds during a specific week, order them well in advance. Only occasionally can last minute orders for hatchlings be filled. Please give earliest and latest date you will accept delivery and second breed choices. Please make your check or money order out to Rachel Kornstein, 84638 Cloverdale Road, Creswell Oregon, 97426.

Terms: Payment can be made with check or money order. We are thinking about putting a paypal button, please let us know if you need to pay with a credit card 3% order increase will apply. If for any reason we are unable to fill your order, you will be refunded in full. There is a $15 service charge on cancelled orders. There is a $15.00 fee for returned checks. No refund on cancellations within 7 days of scheduled shipping date.

Shipping: Day-olds are mailed insured Priority Mail and delivered to your post office, normally 12 to 60 hours after they leave us. (Due to postal regulations, hatchlings cannot be shipped via the postal service into Canada. Our Canadian customers have their birds shipped to a stateside post office for pick up. Let us know to which U.S. town you wish them mailed. Payment must be made by money order or bank check in U.S. dollars.)

Insurance: Ducklings ship very well and normally arrive in good condition. However, because we have no control over the treatment they receive once they leave us, all shipments are insured for loss, damage, or shortage occurring en route. Always open boxes and check the birds in the presence of the postal carrier. if damage, shortage or death occurred during shipment, file a claim (Postal Form 1000) at your post office.

Guarantee: We guarantee the following: 1) birds we sell are from our own stock, 2) our flocks are annually blood-tested and inspected by the Oregon Department of Agriculture, 3) day-olds are carefully graded and any found with physical defects or low vigor are culled humanely in accordance with our Animal Welfare Certification. 4) All are Top Show Quality matings, will not ship a non show quality out.


Due to factors beyond our control, aside from the above, our birds are sold without any other warranties whatsoever. In no case will we be responsible for more than the day-old price.

Shipping Notification Service: Include your phone number (or that of a neighbor or friend) to be put on the shipping box, so your post office can contact you when the birds arrive. We will phone or e-mail you to confirm that your birds are on their way.

Pick-Up Orders: Pre-ordered adults and hatchlings may be picked up by appointment. To safeguard the birds here at the Boondockers Farm from exposure to disease brought in by visitors, and in accordance with the National Poultry Improvement Plan, Animal Welfare Institute and recommendations of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, areas where birds are kept are off limits to visitors.


"Freshly hatched ducklings ship extremely well over long distances.  Because most varieties of domestic ducklings naturally do not eat and drink a significant amount for the first 36 to 60 hours after hatching, this is the perfect time to ship them.  In fact, in natural incubation, this is the time when the hatchlings would be resting under their mother, drying off and gaining strength to leave the nest.  We work very hard to make sure that the babies we ship will have a safe and pleasant trip." Dave Holderread

 

Use the following charts to find the postages charges (which include insurance) and add that amount to your order. (Note:  Starting this year, we will not be shipping day-olds by Express Mail due to postal changes that sometimes delay Express Mail shipments.)  At this point, Priority Mail is the best way to ship day-olds from the Northwest.

Content of Box Zones 1-3 Zones 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8
10 ducklings $11.10 $12.10 $13.65 $14.25 $14.75 $15.70
11-15 ducklings   14.25   15.80   17.30   18.25   19.00   21.00
16-20 ducklings   15.75   17.60   20.90   22.00   22.80   24.30
21-25 ducklings   19.45   22.05   27.10   28.70   30.35   32.70
26-30 ducklings   23.15   27.60   33.25   35.65   38.20   42.30
31-60 ducklings   27.85   36.95   44.30   48.90   51.50   56.60
 

 

Postage Zones

 

 

Alabama:  zone 8

Alaska:
    99500 to 99799 -- zone 7
    99800 to 99899 -- zone 6
    99900 to 99999 -- zone 5

Arizona: 
    85000 to 85499 -- zone 5
    85500 to 85899 -- zone 6
    85900 to 86599 -- zone 5

Arkansas:  
    71800 to 72299 -- zone 7
    72300 to 72399 -- zone 8
    72400 to 72999 -- zone 7

California:
    90000 to 93599 -- zone 5
    93600 to 95499 -- zone 4
    95500 to 95599 -- zone 3
    95600 to 95999 -- zone 4
    96000 to 96099 -- zone 3
    96100 to 96699 -- zone 4

Colorado:
    80000 to 80699 -- zone 5
    80700 to 81199 -- zone 6
    81200 to 81699 -- zone 5

Connecticut:  zone 8

Delaware:  zone 8

District of Columbia:  zone 8

Florida:  zone 8

Georgia:  zone 8

Hawaii:  Sorry--at this time Hawaii
    does not allow entrance of
    waterfowl into the state.

Idaho:
    83200 to 83499 -- zone 4
    83500 to 83599 -- zone 3
    83600 to 83899 -- zone 4

Illinois:
    60000 to 62899 -- zone 7
    62900 to 62999 -- zone 8

Indiana:
    46200 to 46299 -- zone 8
    46300 to 46499 -- zone 7
    46500 to 47899 -- zone 8

Iowa:
    50000 to 50999 -- zone 7
    51000 to 51399 -- zone 6
    51400 to 51499 -- zone 7
    51500 to 51599 -- zone 6
    51600 to 52899 -- zone 7

 

 

 

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Kansas:
    64100 to 66899 -- zone 7
    66900 to 66999 -- zone 6
    67000 to 67399 -- zone 7
    67400 to 67999 -- zone 6

Kentucky:  zone 8

Louisiana:
    70000 to 70999 -- zone 8
    71000 to 71199 -- zone 7
    71200 to 71499 -- zone 8

Maine:  zone 8

Maryland: -- zone 8

Massachusetts: -- zone 8

Michigan:
    48000 to 49799 -- zone 8
    49800 to 49999 -- zone 7

Minnesota:
    55000 to 56099 -- zone 7
    56100 to 56799 -- zone 6

Mississippi:  zone 8

Missouri:
    62000 to 62899 -- zone 7
    62900 to 62999 -- zone 8
    63000 to 63799 -- zone 7
    63800 to 63899 -- zone 8
    63900 to 65899 -- zone 7

Montana:
    59000 to 59399 -- zone 5
    59400 to 59499 -- zone 4
    59500 to 59599 -- zone 5
    59600 to 59999 -- zone 4

Nebraska:  zone 6

Nevada:
    89000 to 89299 -- zone 5
    89300 to 89799 -- zone 4

New Hampshire:  zone 8

New Jersey:  zone 8

New Mexico:
    87000 to 87299 -- zone 6
    87300 to 87499 -- zone 5
    87500 to 88499 -- zone 6

New York:  zone 8

North Carolina:  zone 8

North Dakota:
    58000 to 58599 -- zone 6
    58600 to 58699 -- zone 5
    58700 to 58799 -- zone 6
    58800 to 58899 -- zone 5

 

 

Ohio:  zone 8

Oklahoma:
    73000 to 73799 -- zone 7
    73800 to 73999 -- zone 6
    74000 to 74999 -- zone 7

Oregon:
    97000 to 97499 -- zone 1
    97500 to 97699 -- zone 3
    97700 to 97799 -- zone 2
    97800 to 97899 -- zone 3
    97900 to 97999 -- zone 4

Pennsylvania:  zone 8

Puerto Rico:  zone 8

Rhode Island:  zone 8

South Carolina:  zone 8

South Dakota:
    57000 to 57699 -- zone 6
    57700 to 57799 -- zone 5

Tennessee:  zone 8

Texas:
    75000 to 76999 -- zone 7
    77000 to 77299 -- zone 8
    77300 to 77399 -- zone 7
    77400 to 77799 -- zone 8
    77800 to 78299 -- zone 7
    78300 to 78599 -- zone 8
    78600 to 78999 -- zone 7
    79000 to 79499 -- zone 6
    79500 to 79799 -- zone 7
    79800 to 79999 -- zone 7

Utah:  zone 5

Vermont:  zone 8

Virginia:  zone 8

Washington:
    98000 to 98599 -- zone 3
    98600 to 98699 -- zone 2
    98700 to 98999 -- zone 3
    99000 to 99299 -- zone 4
    99300 to 99499 -- zone 3

West Virginia:  zone 8

Wisconsin:  zone 7

Wyoming:  zone