[2] It is also possible that the men of the company acquired a nickname of this sort because their uniforms were reminiscent of the plumage of a fighting cock.

[2] The Blue Hen Chicken was adopted as the official bird of the State of Delaware on April 14, 1939.

[3] The sports teams of the University of Delaware are called the Blue Hens, and their mascot, YoUDee, derives from the bird.

In the 1960s, S. Hallock duPont, who bred Blue Hens (though not derived from the original Kent County stock), gave twelve birds to the University, which keeps a small flock at its College of Agriculture & Natural Resources; in 2007 this numbered approximately forty birds.

[2] The body is different in both shape and size, there is less gold coloration on the neck hackles, and the earlobes are white rather than the original red.