We usually ship within a week. However, when a new container gets in with thousands of ducks, due to our tremendous growth, we s put in a very long ship date since Faire insists on some anticipated shipping estimate. The truth is, when a big shipment comes in, there is no exact way to know when products will ship as we have to inspect things and usually have a large number of orders already in house. So please ignore that ship date as we intentionally make it very long as if we don't ship it on time, Faire penalizes vendors. Unless there is an issue with the container, we normally will ship befor that date and if you need it sooner, just write to info@celebriducks.com or call 530-446-5231 and we'll help work it out for you.