A poultry farm in Maine received shipments of chicks that were dead on arrival. It's blaming the post office.

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• Thousands of chicks transported through USPS to farms in Maine arrived dead, the Press Herald reported. 
• The chicks were mishandled due to cost-cutting measures undertaken by the USPS and the organization's postmaster general Louis DeJoy, the report alleged.
• Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine is sending a letter addressing the issue to DeJoy and US Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sonny Perdue. 
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At least 4,800 of chicks going to farms in Maine arrived dead due to mishandling by the US Postal Service, the Press Herald reported. 

Pauline Henderson, owner of Pine Tree Poultry told the outlet that all 800 of the chicks from a Pennsylvania hatchery that she picked up from her local Post Office were dead. 

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