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Of course I have an SOP! You recommended I get one when I became interested in breeding. I'll e-mail you about clerking.

Laying well at five months is great! I'm not completely sure if I'll be at the October show. We had planned to go to the Bronx zoo sometime in Oct and I was going to take a three day weekend. Maybe we'll go to the Bronx zoo the ninth and I'll take the four day weekend, thur, fri, sat, sun...

Yes, they're the kind that poke through the wing of the chicken. LOL, my wife and two of my daughters have pierced ears too! The chicks flap their wings a couple of times after you do it, than in about a minute they settle down and they never bother with it again. They're not hard to apply...

I used wing bands, got them from Randell Burkey; Jiffy wing bands. They also sell the pliers to apply them. The day old chicks wings seemed a bit small for application of the bands, so I waited two weeks and there was plenty of space. All my remaining birds still have their Jiffy wing bands...

Haven't seen a bug since! Joe, I'm getting eggs at about 60% now from the seven Ancona hens I have, they are large to extra large eggs. I bought some red sex links in Feb just to work with for the year to be sure everything is fine (perfecting my trap nest) still haven't lost a bird this...

I'm a lot less discouraged but a lot angrier. There's a very good explanation of why little black [mites?] were all over our eggs. My sixteen year old who "cleans the nest boxes every Thursday" simply tops them off with fresh wood chips! When I put my hand inside one of the boxes I noticed it...

I realize this is the Ancona breeders thread but I don't think there's very many out there Joe (certainly not here on BYC anyway)! You started it, so like it or not you're my mentor! You're supper busy but imagine my 65 hr work-weeks plus 10 more hr travel time to and from; and 7 kids, life...

They lay as well as my hatchery mix. I've built trap nest and intend to use them when the time is right. It just bugs the crap out of me not to know who's laying what. Of course never at the expense of SOP. I'm glad you like the cock bird because that means I've got a sense of what is right...

I really like this [15 month old] cocks shape and size. and you can't tell from this picture but his back is very wide. This is the way he normally carries his wings; too low, correct?

What about the wings? Too low right?

This picture is from last spring. A lot of my Ancona's carried their wings low? is this too low? Also. Joe, I was looking over the pictures you posted on the previous page. Your birds have no large white patches and they just look "tighter" is that a product of cull or is that a pre cull...

I weighed them yesterday there is a huge difference in weights there's a male that weighs 1lb 12-1/2oz and I think what is a female (very small comb) that weighs 1lb 13oz! There are also a few 1lb 1oz females (?). Of course the weights are not exact because the darn birds don't stay still. A...

Only thing that's important is to know what one knows and listen to the wisdom of those who know more! I'll raise them all to six months!

Vague. Why I'm wondering where the birds should be at 16 weeks is that I want an objective measuring stick and weight is objective. I've noticed a big difference in weights of my chicks. First group: 3 large birds, one single comb, two rose comb all three are definitely cockerels. In my...

What is a good weight for 16 week old Ancona's? Mine are only six W/O now but I'm just wondering.

At 4 weeks and two days old I think I can which chicks are single comb, there are=6? The heaviest chick is a single comb cockerel at 17oz, there's a Rose comb cockerel that weighs 16.5oz, Of course the weights are not perfect as the chicks don't really sit to be weighed so they could weigh the...

From "A Little Journey Among Ancona's" (Cecil Sheppard) page 31. "Anconas are very beautiful even from the fluffy yellow and black baby chick period."

According to the weather report it is not supposed to fall below 50 for the next few nights. I'm thinking of moving the 4 week old chicks outside to their new portable woods-style coop tomorrow. Joe, there's at least one single comb in the batch you sent me (sadly it's one of the really big...

I looked at the chicks you sent me and did not find any black dots. Just FYI Am I right in thinking that our birds will always throw some chicks with single combs?