Cattle dog Mom
Songster
Welcome. (And exactly.) There are a lot of people that would rather pay more for birds past the brooder stage. (So a lot of people buy more than they "want" or need to meet hatchery minimums and sell the "spares".) OR if you have any friends/neighbors, you could see if someone wants to go in on an order with you. (At Meyers, shipping is more than double the cost of the bird! At lest for the breeds I happened to see. And that is EACH, not total shipping!)Holy Smokes! You are right. I hadn't checked that but it is costing as much to ship as it is just for the birds! I could buy a boatload of chicks and sell/process/give away for the same price.
Thanks for the help!