Blue Andalusian Chickies!

[allosaurusrock]

Cute chicks, looking forward to seeing how they do for you.

BTW, what was your free exotic chick?

I believe they might be a Cuckoo Maran.

 

[Lavender Ro]

Can you send a pic of your free exotic chick?

 

[allosaurusrock]

I added the brown on their head.

 

[So Cal Chic]

How are things going with your andalusians. My local feed store has a big batch of blue andalusians. I'm thinking of a few.

 

[allosaurusrock]

How are things going with your andalusians. My local feed store has a big batch of blue andalusians. I'm thinking of a few.

They are great! I definitely recommend them. Very energetic though. My adult girl is from Privett. Very nice bird. I've been posting more pics on Instagram (vashon_andalusians) but I'll post some here from mobile when I get the chance.

 

[Cari C]

Hi, I have some Andalusians too! I live north of Phoenix so it gets plenty hot. I ordered 13 Blue Andalusians and 12 Brown Leghorns, sexed as pullets. Both breeds do much better in the heat than the Rhode Island Reds and Black Australorps, but I think the ANdalusians do a bit better than the Leghorns. Mine hatched 7/26, so I got the phone call from the local post office about 5 am 7/28, just as I had discussed with the postal employee. The ANdalusians were a bit smaller than the Leghorns (thinking of the egg size), but they caught up in a couple of weeks. The ANdalusians were the first to explore their pen, seem to be the farthest ranging in the yard, and they did even try to perch on the hose to their mist system! At least one of them looks at me with interest when I make clucking noises at him/her. THey seem to grow more slowly than the dual purpose birds, but they are very entertaining to watch!

I am in N Phoenix as well AND I just got 2 Blue Andalusian chicks today!! I also picked up a few Giant Cochin chicks.

 

[emmapeal]

Best of luck, I've kept abdalusians for a while. They're such a joy! Keep us posted!

I just got my first 4 chicks ever, and we've got ourselves a blue andalusian. Can you tell me what you love about the breed? And maybe what to keep an eye out for?
TIA