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Official Delaware state bird.
Delaware State Bird

Name: Blue Hen Chicken

Binomial Name: Gallus gallus

Adopted: Legislation of 1939
The Blue Hen Chicken (Gallus gallus) is a domesticated bird.

The plumage of the Blue Hen Chicken is gold, red, brown, dark maroon, orange, with a bit of metallic green and gray. There are also some white and olive feathers and two white patches, shaped like an ear, appear on either side of the head. It can be distinguish from other chickens not only by these white patches, but also by the grayish feet.