Features Andalusian breed of chickens

There are a number of fairly rare chickens, which want to get an inveterate livestock on their household.

Andalusian blue chickens are similar animals.

This breed is considered to be quite rare, and besides, fertile.

It is because of its “rarity” that the features of this breed should be studied, since if you make some kind of stupid mistake, the animals can simply die.

Andalusian blue chickens are very much appreciated in the circles of amateur animal technicians because of their “rarity”, as well as due to the excellent exterior and good performance indicators.

These animals are almost impossible to meet in the ordinary household yard, so the most avid breeders are trying to find the young of this breed in order to grow at home.

The first representatives of this breed appeared in Spain as a result of working with black and white chickens of the Minorca breed, which were crossed with blue cocks of fighting breeds.

Such “parents” were chosen so that the animals turned out to be very beautiful, gave a lot of meat and eggs.

It is also interesting to read about raising egg production in chickens in winter.

The males of the Andalusian breed have a beautiful, strong and long body. The head of these animals is rather wide, slightly elongated, with a pronounced protruding forehead.

Have roosters very strong beakwhich is slightly bent at the end, painted in gray shades. A characteristic feature of the Andalusian roosters is a beautiful, upright comb of large sizes with pronounced teeth.

These chickens have short bristly feathers on their faces, and their skin has a red tint. The color of the eyes can be either brown or yellow-red.

The earlobes are oval-shaped, painted in light shades. In cocks, these earrings are very soft to the touch, but outwardly they are wide and elongated. The neck of the males is also long, slightly curved closer to the head.

Thorax round, volumetric. The back is also quite wide, slightly inclined closer to the tail, covered with a large number of feathers. The wings are long, attached to the body high enough, almost to the back, tightly attached to the body of the animal.

The tail is slightly arched, but developed perfectly. Roosters of the Andalusian breed have beautiful, pronounced, long kositsami.Both the legs and feet of these roosters are long, strong.

Hocks have bluish-slate color. In hens of this breed, the scallop is tilted to one side. The remaining external characteristics of females are similar to males.

The breed has several drawbacks - any malformation of the ridge, the unevenness of the surface of the earlobes, white patina on the face, white color of the extremities.

Also in birds there may be no drawing on feathersmay be too curved tail, deformed comb. The disadvantages include the pallor of the face and the presence of red bloom on the feathers.

These animals attract breeders with their beautiful exterior, as blue feathers are of particular value. Such animals will perfectly decorate any private yard.

Egg production at this breed is very good, per year one female can give 180 eggs, the weight of each comes to 60 g.

Such good performance is usually not typical for chicken meat and egg directions, which also perform a decorative function. The meat of Andalusian chickens is very tender and tasty.

The maternal instinct in females is very poorly developed, therefore it is very difficult to breed young stock of this breed at home.The average chicken weighs 2 kg, and the rooster 2.5 kg. The survival rate of young stock is 93%, and adult chickens - 87%.

In the issue of care should be very careful when feeding young animals. Young Andalusian breeds can eat a lot of protein-containing feed. Therefore, in the diet of chickens, you can enter grain and mill waste, as well as meat, aimed at recycling, small potatoes and other roots, greens.

Mandatory every day, chickens should be given 30 g of fresh herbs.

The diet of Andalusian chickens is directly dependent on the season. In summer, animals need to be given wet food, which contains a lot of greenery. In the cold season, it is better for chickens to feed the feed with grass meal, cooked in water or broth from fish or meat waste.

It is important to monitor the time of feeding the feed by young. We must make sure that the chickens eat all the wet food in 30 minutes. In the event that the meal took less time, then the volume of food given should be increased. If the chickens have not eaten everything, then the rest of the food must be cleaned to prevent the development of pathogenic bacteria.

Andalusian chickens are very beautiful animals that combine not only a magnificent exterior, but also excellent productivity indicators.