The hens are Fair layers of tinted/white eggs, and occasionally go broody. "Blue Hens" are not an officially recognized breed; they are bred and named for the steel-blue coloring of their feathers. The Delaware Blue Hen is a typical “blue” colored chicken, found in Blue, Black and Splash. They are single combed.

The Blue Hens compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Visit ESPN to view the Delaware Blue Hens team roster for the current season According to one story, during the Revolutionary War, the men of Captain Jonathan Caldwell's company, recruited in Kent County, took with them game chickens that were said to be of the brood of a famous Blue Hen and were noted for their fighting ability. The official athletics website for the University of Delaware Hens.

The Blue Hen is not a recognized chicken breed.

The males generally need to be separated from each other once they reach maturity. The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens are the athletic teams of the University of Delaware of Newark, Delaware, in the United States.