“My flock consists of about 8 different breeds and, with the exception of one, are now about 17 weeks. The Andalusian, I had ordered a different breed and two Andalusians were subbed, with one turning out to be a cockerel.
When the chicks were just days old, the Andalusian pullet was always inspecting the brooder looking for a way out. It was very obvious, with 16 chicks, that this was a special bird. She was also the first to fly up to the rim of the brooder looking for a way out,
I now house my 17 week old flock in a huge run, but Lucy, Bart the rooster was taken by a fox the one day I allowed the chickens out, is the first to run to greet me. She's by far the brightest and, in my opinion, the prettiest. Her pale whitish-blueish coloring with shades of gray and dark gray legs work perfectly with her pale pink comb. Love her.
Word to the wise, this is a true free-range chicken, so if you're going to keep them in a run, a four foot fence won't do the trick.”
“I have one splash Andalusian and her name is puddles. She is so adorable but also the craziest one we own! She is very shy and timid but everybody loves her big tail. It‚Äôs so cute! She ran away once and hid behind a bush. But her little tail stuck out and I found her I love puddles but if you get one of these, be aware of how crazy they are!!!”
“I love this breed, but they can be very, very mischievous. I have one splash Andalusian out of my other 4 chickens, and she stands out with that high tail of hers! She runs away a lot, but overall she‚Äôs a good, sweet chicken who is very capable of being a show chicken. She‚Äôs very cute! Good pick”
“back in October I placed an order for 1 roo and 6 hens. When I got my order one sadly had been trampled on (but they very quickly and easily compensated for that) and my favorite "girl" turned out to be roo number 2 but I am so glad for that mistake because he ended up being the only one who would come to me for cuddles every day. Sadly he just passed at only 8 months old i caught his sickness too late, i think he had sour crop”
“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.”
