Baby chicks grow into fully grown chickens in just 6-8 weeks! The difference in time depends on a variety of factors, including the breed, what they are fed, if they're taken care of, and their ...

Scampi and Flounder, a pair of male Humboldt penguins, are stepping up to raise a chick at Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom.

Thousands of baby chicks, rescued after being left in a USPS truck for days, have been adopted. The chicks were left without food or water for several days due to reasons still under USPS ...

After a truck full of young birds was left unattended at a Delaware post office for several days, staff and volunteers at First State Animal Center and SPCA in Camden went through boxes of ...

There’s nothing quite so sweet as gently cupping a fluffy day-old chick in your hands and hearing its first “peep, peep, peep ...

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 ...

Americans increasingly embrace backyard chicken coops with searches and sales soaring even as experts caution about the 10-year commitment and costs of proper poultry care.

A Delaware animal shelter is scrambling to find homes for thousands of baby chicks after a “misdirected” U.S. Postal Service shipment in which thousands more died, state officials said.

As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue groups are urging people not to buy rabbits or baby chicks as holiday gifts for children ...

Thousands of baby chicks left in a truck for days at a New Castle post office are now being adopted, but the Delaware Department of Agriculture has not yet reimbursed the nonprofit that took them in.