“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.”
“I have never had an issue with the combs on these hens during cold weather. I live in Ohio and have had some pretty severe weather in the past 5 years. My coop is dry in the winter so maybe that is the reason. I pay special attention to the humidity with a hygrometer, temperature guage. My girls do great in the summer and winter. Love them the best!!!”
“We made a rookie mistake and ordered one of these a few years back even though we live in New England. Her comb was large which was hard in the winters. Alice was a crazy girl. Super fast, and every time we let them out to free range she would take off flying! One night she didn‚Äôt want to return to the coop and it took us hours to coax her back. She laid sweet little white eggs. She was mostly white with just tips of blue. We lost her last year and we were all sad-she was a character!”
“We received 8 chicks and our Andalusian was nearly dead on arrival. After nursing her back to life we were initially quit attached to the little chick. Then she grew up and that started to change. This is a VERY active and inquisitive breed which will get into everything in your yard. They must be allowed to free range at least for a large portion of the day or they will get bored and start issues with the other chickens, including feather pulling. In the end, when we couldn't keep her out of the garden, she was causing too many problems to overlook and she had to go. Overnight the rest of the flock calmed down considerably and started laying at a greater rate. I won't have another Andalusian...”
“I love my blue and, Buck. She came out black, but is absolutely the favourite of the flock despite her seemingly plain appearance.
As a warning to those in very heavy-winter states, I live in maryland, we hardly get below 30 and real snowfall is pretty rare. I have a heater in their coop to keep the temp nice for them, and she -still- managed to get a little frostbitten comb this year. Definitely NOT for anywhere cold!!!”
