MPC cost of shipping

[vkp23]

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.

 

[CTChickenMom]

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MPC doesn't ship from CT, their main office is there but no chickens. I do believe their chicks ship from Iowa or Ohio....pretty sure Ohio. They charge $10 for the bantam chicks to be sexed but they are the only hatchery around that does sex bantams. It's difficult to do, hence the price.

They charge $44 for express shipping of 24 chicks or less (I ordered 19). It goes down to $30-something if you order 25 or more.

They are a unique hatchery in that they are the only ones to sex bantams and ship less than 15 chicks, the minimum I've seen elsewhere. You may pay $100 for 10 Silkies but they have a 90% guarantee that you get what you ordered. It's worth it if you don't want to buy 15-25 Silkies straight run and end up with half or more of them being roos.

 

[happyhensny]

We wanted a few Silkies. Ordered 25 from McMurray. Sold 20 for $5 to $12 EACH at either our local auction or on CL. Paid for the chickies plus the feed for quite a while. It is a risk though, need to be prepared to keep them a while just in case.