Colonial Athletic Association champions: Fighting Blue Hens of Delaware

Repost – Gameness til the End Dance Card: Delaware, CAA champions By Queenie on Mar 17 2013, 8:00p Evan Habeeb-US PRESSWIRE No Big Bird jokes, I promise. Who? The Fighting Blue Hens of Delaware. Yes, even the men. I have the mental image of a guy from Delaware and a woman from South Carolina sharing a drink in poultry confusion…

YoUDee of University of Delaware

Repost – Gameness til the End YoUDee Who: YoUDee is the official mascot of the University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hens. YoUDee’s proud lineage extends to the Revolutionary War. It and the Blue Hens before it have a reputation for courage and ferocity in battle, traits symbolic of the fighting spirit of the University of…

Take The Blue Hen Challenge at University of Delaware Research Kid’s Corner

The color of the gamecock on the right is the ideal of the male offsprings of the original blue hen – steel blue. Bob Carpenter, a true sportsman, had bred the Blue Hen Chickens out of near total extinction. Before Bob died, he was honored by University of Delaware with The Bob (The Bob Carpenter…

The Blue Hen Chicken became Delaware’s Official State Bird on April 14, 1939

The Blue Hen Chicken became Delaware‘s Official State Bird on April 14, 1939. The University of Delaware with its Blue Hen Athletics proudly proclaims these chickens as symbols of true patriotic ideals and the bravery of our ancestors in the American Revolutionary War. The Fightin’ Blue Hens strain of gamecocks originated from Captain John Caldwell…