---
type: restriction
id: usps-live-day-old-poultry-mailable-types
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "live day-old poultry - mailable types — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm
source_quote: "The following types of live, day-old poultry are acceptable for mailing when properly packaged:"
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "live day-old poultry - mailable types"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "domestic mail"
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"
verified: false
unverified_fields: carrier, conditions, item_category
---
**Item category:** live day-old poultry - mailable types

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** domestic mail

**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

> 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>