“I‚Äôve had chickens for years, several different breeds. I wanted to get a more unusual breed this round so I chose an Andalusian. She‚Äôs absolutely gorgeous, healthy, and a great layer. Be warned, however: these birds are very good fliers and love to roost in trees!! I‚Äôve clipped her wing feathers back as far as I feel comfortable doing, but she still somehow makes it up into trees nearly every night and easily perches on the top of our 5 foot fence periodically during the day- and this is with a full 2 acres to free range all day every day. I‚Äôd never recommend this breed for anything except free ranging- I think they‚Äôd be horribly unhappy. They are great foragers, eating a lot of bugs from my garden in the fall and winter. Overall, this is a gorgeous breed that is a little challenging and definitely adventurous than your average hen.”
“We ordered two Andalusians last year. They grew up to be beautiful, smaller hens. One is blue, the other white with black splashes. They are prolific layers of large white eggs. However, they are both very aggressive to my other mixed flocks hens. They have a huge outdoor coop with plenty of room but they still chase the other girls and fight with them constantly to the point of having to separate them. They are fine with each other and my rooster, but I can't put them in with the others.”
“She is a gorgeous blue and is always the first face to greet me and check me out when I come to the coup. Brave little girl integrated into the flock very well. Similar temperament to my leghorns so we enjoy her color and character to the flock!”
“I have 1 blue and she is very pretty. I've never had an issue with her being flighty and maybe that's because out of 15 birds she was the only one of her breed. She is actually pretty calm. She got attacked by a hawk once and managed to dodge mostly out of the way and the hawk got her comb and tore it on the back part just a little. I have never had a problem with her large comb and frostbite. After seeing that she had such a large comb I was scared to death the first winter I had her and thought a lot of it would probably end up falling off. I live in Indiana and it does get down to 10 below sometimes, yet her comb has not gotten frostbitten. I hope that stays that way again as we are about to hit another cold span here tomorrow and will get down to 5 degrees. She lays nice large white eggs and those look great amongst my blues and browns.”
“I wanted to start by saying that I did not purchase my Andalusian from MPC (I got her as a chick at a local farm store 6 1/2 years ago) but wanted to give input on the breed because I highly recommend them. I am also excited to see that at MPC they can be Blue, Black or Splash in color, because in the future when I am ready to add more birds, I would love to have this breed in several colors. Her personality is excellent, she was the top of the pecking order until just recently and I think her age is making her care less about always being first with everything, but for her first 6 years she was super quick, an excellent forager, and top of the pecking order. She is a beautiful bird, and I have never had any issues with her comb (but I live near Portland Or so the winters are fairly mild). She seems to be be fairly intelligent; very sharp for a chicken. She gets along with our dogs, and also lives with ducks. On top of the personality and disposition, she is a stunning bird, and laid a fair amount of white eggs until she was about 3 1/2 years old and was never broody. Highly recommend!”
“We ordered a blue and she-Luciana is black, no big deal. She is so striking! A beautiful iridescent shine to her feathers and her perfectly formed bright red comb makes her stunning. She won 1st place, Best of Breed and Reserve Best of Class -Mediterranean Region! Luciana is very alert and super fast, but sweet & tame when handled.”
“We have one blue Andalusion and she is so much fun! She lets our twin 3 year olds pick her up, run after her, and feed her treats. She was the weakest chick when our order arrived, so she's been extra spoiled since the beginning. She is also the most mischevious of our flock. She's often off on her own, causing trouble. She enjoys digging up my flower beds, kicking the soil out of planters, & finding her way into my cold frame to eat my lettuce! But I can't stay mad for long because she's so great with our children.”
