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post #1 of 450

4/18/10 at 7:18pm

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Nava
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Hi, i was looking for more BYC members with Ancona's and there in not a lot of them,or i did not find them or a thread
So i decided to do it, I love this Breed,they have a nice size white egg, and mine is laying a lot, I only have one hen and one roo,but i have 15 eggs in the incubator, and 5 chicks in the brooder, i want to get a good size flock. well i hope i'm not the only one here.

here is my little flock of two lol and some baby chicks.

the other chicken was a cross from my oncona and a leghorn,she is a really good layer

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4/19/10 at 5:58am

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I LOVE the look of the Ancona, it is a breed I will have one day. They have wonderful qualities like, great white egg production, beautiful Mottled Coloring, excellent foragers and free rangers. Great breed. I just have to get moved out of this city so I have more room.

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4/19/10 at 6:17am

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I just got 3 ancona girls in March (MM sent and extra girl) Can't wait to see what they are like grown up they appealed to me.

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4/19/10 at 4:45pm

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herechickchick; yes they are great egg layers,and very beautifull color I love my anconas

Kipepeo; there is only two anconas in the pic right?
well, i would like to know how they turn out too,keep us posted,just purty i tell ya,just purty

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4/19/10 at 5:12pm

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Quote:

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yes only 2 in the pic with a splash andalusian and a cochin only pic I found when going through the bunch I took

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4/19/10 at 6:25pm

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oh, I just loved how big their eggs were and they laid every day. I got rid of my trio because the girls never shut up lol . Every time they would go to the nesting boxes they would make so much noise and get ALL the other hens going to that I thought it was fair to my neighbor. They put up with all my roos, didn't see a reason to make them put up with that too (they were driving me crazy too tongue )

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4/20/10 at 7:35pm

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I have both Rose comb and Single comb Anconas. They are somewhat flighty but not too bad. I enjoy them. I'll post pictures on here when I get some more time to get pictures taken.

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4/20/10 at 7:46pm

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Rock N' Faverolles :

I have both Rose comb and Single comb Anconas. They are somewhat flighty but not too bad. I enjoy them. I'll post pictures on here when I get some more time to get pictures taken.

David

can't wait for the pics.

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4/20/10 at 8:27pm

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My dad has them and has had his flock for close to 15 years now. A varmit took out some hens over the winter so he is down to 3 hens and a rooster now. But I got eggs in the bator for him. He loves them.

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