The thousands of baby chicks rescued earlier this month after being left in a truck for days at a New Castle post office have ...

The First State Animal Center and SPCA has confirmed the remaining birds who survived a serious USPS shipping mishap have all ...

Thousands of chicks found abandoned inside a postal service truck for three days have gone to new homes, according to the ...

The chicks were left abandoned due to a "misdirected" shipment, according to the Delaware Department of Agriculture.

USPS PRIORITY MAIL IS GUARANTEED TO DELIVER THE BIRDS IN THAT TIME FRAME. NOW, THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE IS THE PRIMARY CARRIER FOR SHIPPING LIVE BIRDS. NEITHER FEDEX OR UPS OFFERS THE ...

All the surviving birds, estimated as more than 5,000 chickens — it was too hard to get a specific count — plus some others like turkeys and quails, were primarily adopted by local families, rescues ...

The USPS confirms it is looking into the abandoned birds and what caused the shipping confusion. We are told there were ...

The spokesperson said it would have been best if USPS, after discovering the chicks, had completed delivery as the recipients would have been adequately equipped to handle the birds — even ...

A central Delaware animal shelter has spent the past two weeks rehabilitating and finding homes for over 8,000 chicks that were stranded in a U.S. Postal Service truck for 3 ½ days. The birds ...