The blue hen was adopted by the Delaware General Assembly on April 14 1939.
During the Revolutionary War Captain Johnathan Caldwell took a few of these birds with him from his farm and throughout the war used them for food and entertaining his men.
Regiments from Delaware soon became known as the Fighting blue hens because of their fighting ability.
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I think they were fierce and aggressive like the Blue Hen Chicken.
The Delaware state bird is the Blue Hen Chicken.
The state of Delaware has the Blue Hen Chicken as its state bird.
The Delaware state bird is the Blue Hen Chicken.
Delaware's state bird is a Blue Hen Chicken
The state of Delaware is the only state with the Blue Hen Chicken as its state bird.
The blue hen chicken
the state flower of Delaware is the peach blossom
On April 14, 1939, the Delaware General Assembly made the "Blue Hen Chicken" the official state bird of Delaware.
The state of Delaware has the Blue Hen Chicken as their official state bird.The state of Rhode island has the Rhode Island Red Chicken as its state bird.
yes it is the blue hen chicken yes it is the blue hen chicken there has to be another animal besides the blue hen chicken it's also a pig and a stingrayDelaware does not have an Official State Animal.
The Official Bird of Delaware is the Blue Hen Chicken, the Weakfish is the state's Fish, the Ladybug is the Official Insect and the Eastern Tiger swallowtail is the Official State Butterfly. Delaware has no Official State Animal.
Delaware's nickname "the First State" comes from its ratification of the US Constitution on December 7, 1787, the first state to do so. Delaware's nickname "the Diamond State" is a reference to its state flag, which has its coat of arms on a large diamond-shaped field. Delaware's nickname "the Blue Hen State" comes from the name of a variety of chicken, the Blue Hen chicken, which is the state bird.