The $1 or $2 was fees on top of each chick price if one were to order less than a certain amount, added at checkout. Looks like they just added it automatically if you ordered only 1-4 of each breed. So back then I think each chick was about $3 then at the end they added an extra dollar if it...
I thought your main concern would be crowing. At least that was my biggest anxiety having 3 crowing roosters who were constantly crowing at 4am when they were 2 months old. I gave them away immediately. Maybe yours aren't as loud for some reason. There was a lady and her mom who got 6 that...