IDEAL has no min. and cheaper small order shipping. They come out of TX. I really like them. IDEAL has a min dollar value of like $25 but you'll pay way more than that in shipping alone with MPC. Plus I wanted silkies too and I would have paid $10 per chick and I wanted 10 of them. I wasn't going to pay $100 for the chicks alone. I have heard a lot of bad things about MPC but others like them. I personally have never ordered from them and never will. The prices are just too high.