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Linux V Msg Queues system not working as expected

I have the following application that replicates the problem I have in a larger application with message queues of system v. basically, the main function generates a key and then creates a message queue using msgget (). Then 3 forks are generated, each with a different identifier. each of them starts msgrcv with a different positional number (so they are waiting for different messages).

Then the main one then sleeps for several seconds, and sends the message id = 3. However, this is not the third thread that wakes up, but another. This code is completely isolated, so you can try it yourself. What is wrong with this code?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

struct dummy_struct {
    long mtype;
    char message[255];
};

int msg_queue_id;
void recv_thread(int id);

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int i;
    key_t key;
    struct dummy_struct dummy = { 3, "hello" };

    //create a unique key
    if (key = ftok("/mnt/mydocuments/code/sys_v_fork_test/main.c", 'a') == -1)
    {
        printf("ftok didn't work\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    //create the unix sys 5 message queue
    if ((msg_queue_id = msgget(key, 0644 | IPC_CREAT)) == -1)
    {
        printf("msgget failed\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    else
        printf("my message queue id: %i\n", msg_queue_id);

    //fork off multiple recievers
    for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) // <- NOTE: 1 -> 4
    {
        if (fork() == 0)
            recv_thread(i);
    }

    printf("sleeping\n");
    sleep(5);

    //wait a little then send a message

    printf("sending message\n");
    if (msgsnd(msg_queue_id, &dummy, sizeof(struct dummy_struct), 0) == -1)
    {
        printf("msgsnd failed\n");
    }
    printf("main thread exiting");
    _exit(0);
}

void recv_thread(int id)
{
    struct dummy_struct dummy;

    printf("recv_thread with id: %i\n", id);

    if (msgrcv(msg_queue_id, &dummy, sizeof(struct dummy_struct), id, 0) == -1)
        printf("error in msgrcv\n");
    else
        printf("thread %i got %s back\n", id, dummy.message);
}

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