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, with the last batch picked up on Thursday morning.

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

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.