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

A Delaware animal shelter is trying to care for and rehome thousands of chicks that survived being left in a postal service ...

More than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days.

For more than 36 hours, the chicks had no food or water as temperatures rose to the mid-80s, according to First State Animal ...

About 4,000 birds were found dead in the truck, and 10,000 others were stranded there for three days, state officials said.

More than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days CAMDEN, Delaware -- A Delaware animal shelter is trying to care for and rehome ...

Shipment of Thousands of Chicks Found Abandoned in USPS Truck Now Overwhelming an Animal Shelter CAMDEN, Delaware (AP) — A Delaware animal shelter is trying to care for and rehome thousands of ...

Due to biosecurity concerns, the hatchery cannot take the chicks back. The spokesperson said it would have been best if USPS, after discovering the chicks, had completed delivery as the recipients ...

(AP Photo/Mingson Lau) David Michael picks out a chick to adopt from First State Animal ... The spokesperson said it would have been best if USPS, after discovering the chicks, had completed ...