Goatucation: Really Chickucation - The Blue Andalusian

So today I am going to teach you all about Blue Guy or as he is more formally known - The Blue Andalusian Rooster.  Blue Guy is our exotic rooster. When the male person ordered his chicks last spring he received one exotic. If you remember, we didn't know what that little chick was going to be for quite a while.

But that little chick grew up to be Blue Guy.

He is a pretty rooster, isn't he.  
The Blue Andalusian is named after the Province of Andalusia in Spain and is one of the oldest Mediterranean Breeds. The lovely slate blue color came about by breeding black and white birds.  Sometimes if you breed two blues together you will get a white bird - isn't that funny?

They are decent egg layers (well not the roosters!) and very fast runners. I can attest to that. I have seen Blue Guy tear across the goat pen like a crazed bird! Usually to attack the publicist!

I hope you liked learning about Blue Guy's breed of chicken.

Tomorrow:  More video!

Cock-A-Doodle-Whaaaaa?

I have not told you about the chickens in quite some time and given the recent erm, activities of the Blue Andalusian rooster I think it is time I updated you on the birds in my goat pen. The male person and the publicist haven't named all the chickens, there are just too many of them but they do refer to the blue chicken as "Blue Guy." Hmmm, I do not think this is very original. Not at all, but I am not a human. He has turned into a very pretty chicken, as chickens go.

The big news in chicken world is Blue Guy has started crowing! Well, sort of crowing. He goes, "cock - a - doodle - aaaaaaaeeeeh." It's a very funny sound. The even funnier part of his crowing is his need to be on top of something when he makes his attempts. He crows from the top of their waterer...

Then he jumps down to find a grasshopper to eat. I must admit I am glad the chickens are eating the grasshoppers; they are very annoying bugs. I did not think I would like the chickens in my goat pen but they are serving some good.

He crows from the side of the chicken tractor....

He even crows from the roof of the chicken tractor!

I am beginning to wonder if he has the same hopping gene that Kevin the goat has!

I think he is teaching the other roosters how to crow. One of the Rhode Island Reds made an interesting sound today. Uh-oh!