Blue Andalusians - Ideal/McMurray?

[SGM]

Merryweather is beautiful! Well they're all beautiful but she looks closer to the standard I think.

 

[Barn Maid Ann]

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Very beautiful!
McMurray's said they bred for color. But I don't think mine are as nice. Of course, I love the blues, but I also love the splash colors. Here are some pics of 2 of my hens and my pale blue splash boy:

 

[BeakSanctuary]

Here's what I think I'd recommend not to do - order from MPC - because my two from there (dropshipped from Meyers) have loads of tan on their breasts which, I've read, in undesirable in the breed. I realize the question was Ideal or McMurray, but someone might benefit by considering my tale of Blue/Tan Andalusian from MPC. They're "pretty", but only in their own odd way and they aren't as pretty as the ones pictured in this thread.

 

[Sylvie]

I want some Blue Andalusians now!
Are the day old chicks blue or do they turn blue later?

 

[lauralou]

They're blue.

The little black looking one is Storm, who grew up to be the darkest of the blues. The picture makes her look blacker than she was, though. She was a very, very dark blue.

 

[Barn Maid Ann]

They're blue.

The little black looking one is Storm, who grew up to be the darkest of the blues. The picture makes her look blacker than she was, though. She was a very, very dark blue.

Are all those in the picture Andalusians? I
did raise 11 Andy chicks and my darkest (like your Storm) ended up black. He was the only black out of the group (from MMM hatchery). He had a little mask across his eyes, so we named him Zorro. He did grow up to be a rooster.
My white splash were pale yellow as chicks and developed their dark 'splash' feathers at about 3 to 4 months. I didn't have any dark yellow as in your photo. Mine were more like the one to the right of your picture.
I also had three yellow chicks who had a soft silver overlay. They were big sleepy chicks. They ended up to be a pale blue splash color. I only kept the rooster of that color. He is big and beautiful. I don't know if that is genetically the same as the white splash?​

 

[lauralou]

Barn Maid Ann,

No, only the 3 blue chicks, front and center are Blue Andalusians. The two in the back are red sex-links, and to the right is a little buff orp hiney.

Interesting that the splash are pale yellow as chicks. I didn't know that.

Sorry for the confusion!

 

[Mahonri]

We got a blue andalusian roo as an extra in our order from McMurray. He was beautiful but only lived a week. (Virus problems... lost 11 of them last spring)

If Ideal can send you blues as nice as those in the pics, I suppose I will be ordering from Ideal.

Thanks for the info about MPC and Meyer because I had considered them.

 

[BeakSanctuary]

This is the girl I was referring to from MPC/Meyer: Actually, I got two that look like this and one more that looks better, at least it's solid, but I think it's a bantam Blue Anadalusian. (Yes, sorry to admit I'm not sure!)

I could have been unlucky and maybe most are good, but who knows?

 

[Smoky73]

There is no way thats a blue andalusian with brown on it like that, sorry

This is a picture of a boy I got from McMurray years ago. I think he was pretty nice.