# live day-old poultry - mailable types — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For live day-old poultry - mailable types, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is domestic mail; conditions is Mailable types include chickens, ducks, emus, geese, guinea birds, partridges, pheasants (April through August only), quail, turkeys; all other types of live day-old poultry are nonmailable; must be no more than 24 hours old, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** live day-old poultry - mailable types _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Mailable types include chickens, ducks, emus, geese, guinea birds, partridges, pheasants (April through August only), quail, turkeys; all other types of live day-old poultry are nonmailable; must be no more than 24 hours old _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The following types of live, day-old poultry are acceptable for mailing when properly packaged:

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).