The Ancona breeders thread

[Yellow House Farm]

Hello all - I posted long ago, asking about my Ancona's comb becoming pale and shrunken. Turns out this happens during each molt. Egg laying stops, full molt takes several weeks, then all returns to normal. Her comb becomes bright red and floppy again, and her pretty white eggs return.

Sounds about right ;-)

 

[horselover1999]

Has anyone hatched out any white throwbacks? I just happened to hatch one Ancona egg with others and the chick turned out white with black spots.

 

[horselover1999]

 

[Krodsorin]

Ancona in Australia

 

[ve]

NICE

 

[Amer]

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How did it turn out?

 

[horselover1999]

It's feathering out white with a few black feathers.