Chicken breed
Andalusian (Blue)
Also called Blue Andalusian
The Blue Andalusian is an old Mediterranean breed from Spain with laced slate-blue feathers. Hens lay white eggs well, including in winter, and rarely go broody. The birds are active and do not take well to confinement.
At a glance
160–200eggs a year
4eggs a week
5.5 lbhen weight
7 lbrooster weight
Largeegg size
Traits
- Cold hardymedium
- Heat toleranthigh
- Goes broodyrare
- Fine in a small runlow
- Egg colour
- chalk white
- Temperament
- active, not especially docile
- Noise
- moderate
- Origin
- Spain (Andalusia); exact history unknown
- Comb
- single
- Bantam size
- Available
- APA standard
- Recognized
- Conservation
- Watch
- Purpose
- eggs
Good for
- white eggs
- winter laying
- warm climates
- free-ranging
Watch out for
- blue color does not breed true
- does not stand confinement well; prone to feather eating
- large single comb can be a cold-weather issue
- roosters crow loudly
Looks and feathers
Slate-blue laced plumage. Blue does not breed true: blue x blue gives about 25% black, 50% blue, 25% white/splash.
Our drawing shows the most common US variety; colours vary.
Similar breeds
All breedsSources
- 1Andalusian Chicken (breed facts)The Livestock Conservancy
- 2Chicken Breeds & Varieties (A2880), incl. APA standard weightsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension
- 3Accepted Breeds & VarietiesAmerican Poultry Association
- 4Andalusian (breed page)My Pet Chicken
- 5Which chicken breeds may need extra heat in winter?My Pet Chicken
Hatcheries often disagree on eggs a year; ranges span every source we read. How we check the facts.