Typically, chicks can be safely transported without food or water within 72 hours of hatching, the U.S. Postal Service website says. For reasons still under investigation by USPS, however, the ...

The USPS says it has been working with hatcheries for more than 100 years to transport mail-order chicks and that it transports thousands of chicks every year, according to its website.

Chicks mill around a stall at the First State Animal Center and SPCA on Friday in Camden, Del. They are among 12,000 chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days.

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.

Thousands of chicks found abandoned inside a postal service truck for three days have gone to new homes, according to the Delaware shelter that had cared for them. Primary Menu Sections.

A Delaware animal shelter is trying to care for and rehome thousands of chicks that survived being left in a postal truck for three days. Trapped in a warm enclosure, without food and water ...

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 ...

Thousands of baby chicks that were stuck in a U.S. Postal Service truck for days have been adopted, according to the Delaware animal shelter that helped rescue them. “Every single one went to a ...

More than 10,000 chicks were left in a USPS truck for days. Now they need a home. The postal service said on May 20 that it is working with hatcheries, other carriers involved, logistics partners ...

The birds, primarily chicks but also turkeys, geese and quails, left Freedom Ranger Hatchery in Pennsylvania on April 29, office manager Colyd Good said when reached by phone.

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 ...