During this time of extreme uncertainty, many families have decided to be more self-sufficient by purchasing chickens for at home egg production. We are extremely grateful that a great many of you have chosen or have considered choosing our USA made Snap Lock Chicken Coops. Due to the extreme rise in demand we are doing everything possible to supply these coops. Safe social distancing as well as other recommended practices have slowed our normal delivery time. We ask for your patience during this time. As part of our commitment to our customers we are absorbing overtime costs and are not raising factory retail prices for the foreseeable future.
Thank you again for considering our coops and please stay safe.
Update 6/4/2020
As you know the chicken coop delivery situation has been an area of concern due to the sharp increase in demand due to the pandemic. We have adjusted the delivery times based on our best estimates which factor in labor time, parts availability, as well as other manufacturing concerns. All coop orders are shipped based on the date that the order was received. In additional to traditional drop ship orders we also have large orders from our brick and mortar retail locations. These are large orders that can be upwards of 150 coops. We treat these orders the same as our drop ship orders in that they are filled based on the date that they are received.
As it happens, we have two large retail orders whose orders are next in line to ship. This is going to cause a delay of approximately 1 to 2 weeks in our drop ship que. We are doing our best ship as close to the estimated six-week lead time but realistically we will be 1 to 2 weeks longer on orders that we placed on or after April 24th.
We apologize for the extended manufacturing time. While many businesses were shut down, we have worked continuously through the pandemic with two 10 hour shifts six days a week. We value your business and are continuing to do our very best through this unprecedented time. Thank you for your patience.