I agree, but it depends on the breed... I love Wyandottes so I had to get a set of all 3. I got some female Silver Laced Wyandottes chicks cost 2.88 ea not to bad, blue laced red str run only 4.09 abit high for str run but other places sells females $5+, then I got some golden laced females...
I just got my chicks easter sunday from McMurray... So far all are very healthy, eating, drinking, running around. I orderd 43 chicks they gave me 2 extra males and the mystery chick so 46 all together. I'll update in a few days on how there're doing.