New pics of my Delaware Blue Hen roosters!

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A distant cousin to the "Delaware Blue Hen".....an "Irish Game", this one is known as a "Blue/Red Irish Game" and I suspect the Delaware Blue Hen decended from these "Irish Games" often used by Irish and English imigrants for "sport" in the early 1800's.

This picture was taken just before he molted....after molting he lost a lot of the red and was a beautiful Blue Cockerel (stag).

Unfortunately, he accidently got out of his coop last week and got into a battle with his brother while I was at work. When I got home both cockerels were nearly dead and almost frozen from the loss of blood, lack of movement and subzero temps! Both were moved into my basement and placed under heat lamps but died the next day.
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Below is the brother....he, too is an "Irish Blue" and is much lighter in the "blue" spectrum.....(the flash makes him look white)!

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As soon as the weather breaks here in Ohio (winter in Ohio sux) I will get pics of my Delaware Blue Hens (DBH) and share them with everyone! As mentioned in my previous post my DBH's came from UD last spring in the form of hatching eggs, most hatched and only a few were culled and most appear to have white ear lobes (Andalusian infussion possibly).
 
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"disclaimer...I don't own any of these fowl pictured below, nor do I own these pics, none appear to be copyright protected, I am just sharing their "links" with readers of this post" - Jeff

Some other breeds of "blue's" that I have found during my exhaustive research;


Blue Jersey Giants
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(I found this pic here at BYC posted by L&Schickens)

Blue Andalusians
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(this pic was found while searching the web)

Blue Old English Games or Blue OEG
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(pic from cackle hatchery website)

Blue Leghorns
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(pic from australian leghorn breeders website)

Blue Rocks (Plymouth Rocks?)
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(pic found here on BYC at Blue Orp thread)

Delaware Blue Hen Rooster
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(this pic can be found at the Delaware state website!)

Blue Australorps
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(pic from australian poultry website)

Blue Leghorn/Australorp (cross)
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(pic of an Australorp x Leghorn from backyard poultry site)

Blue Orpingtons
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Blue Orp pullets
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(pic from fowlvisionDOTcom)

Blue Sumatra
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(pic from cackle hatchery website)

Blue Minorcas
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(pic from UK rare breeds website)

Blue Cochins
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(pic from artDOTcom)

Another Delaware Blue Hen
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(i couldn't resist!)

...I guess any breed that has a "black" and a "white" version can be bred to create a "blue" breed!
 
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here is one of my "blue boy's" that came from the University of Delaware last spring in the form of hatching eggs;

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This is one of his "lighter blue" brothers;

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This is another brother that is a "Splash"....(i like the red in this little guy);

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Finally....here are 4 brothers in one pic;

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