Worried about mail order chicks with usps slow service

[Nksg75]

They started a stair stepping price.
For females:
Tier 1 starts at $5.32
Tier 2 $5.54
Tier 3 $5.90
Tier 4 $6.39
Tier5 $6.64
Tier 6 $11.31 (this is where most of the chicks i was wanting are priced)
They aren't even that unusual. Specifically olive eggers.
This is ideal poultry catalog.
The crested chicks are in a completely different section.

Last year the chicks started at $2.50 and went from there.

 

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All their supplies got more expensive so they had to raise prices. Local hatchery here told me they considered whether to shut it down or charge what they have to even if they think it's high. I haven't put my order in yet but I expect to see their prices have increased dramatically like everything else.

 

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And yes, same hesitation with USPS but that's nothing new for me. You hope they give their best care to live shipments but it's unsettling, none the less, that they are actively slowing packages in order to push people to pay more for premium services.