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 chicks were part of a 12,000-bird shipment left unattended in a truck at a Delaware mail distribution center. Trapped in high temperatures without food or hydration, thousands died, according to ...

A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for 8,000 surviving chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal ...

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

Roughly 10,000 chicks and young gamebirds were rescued in Delaware after a misrouted shipment from Freedom Ranger Hatchery led to mass casualties.

Trapped in a warm enclosure without food and water, thousands of the young birds died before they were discovered and delivered to a shelter equipped to care for them.

The shelter began offering the birds for adoption, but only a few hundred out of thousands have been picked up.

News 8 is continuing to investigate after thousands of farm birds were allegedly abandoned at a U.S. Postal Service distribution center in Delaware.

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

Thousands of baby birds have been under the care of the First State Animal Center and SPCA since May 2, after a shipping ...

The initial call to DDA reported a single box of chicks, but a follow-up alert revealed multiple packages.,,,,,, ...

Authorities are working to find answers after thousands of orphaned baby birds were recovered from a misdirected USPS ...