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Hey, So there are 2 tri colors in those photos. It’s a normal coloration in Anconas but not desirable. They still lay great eggs & produce great meat but not exactly what you want to breed back into your flock. You want the Holstein pattern(think dairy cow) this can be in black, chocolate...

Well I’m officially a little over a year into Ancona ownership & I had my 1st ever (with any breed) broody momma! She successfully hatched 8 eggs. She started with 10 that she collected her self (combination of her own & the other ducks). I give you the babies 🥰

I’m in Alberta as well. If your location (in your profile) is correct I’m 5.5 hrs straight north of you. Cold lake/Bonnyville area

Lucky! I wish 1 of mine would go broody! I’m really loving the breed! They are beautiful & are the only breed that have laid through the winter for me. Of course that bit me in the butt because they all decided to moult in prime hatching season lol. Just now starting to get eggs again. Is...

Yes they are. I only had 4 out of I think 16 (if I remember correctly) that were marked this way. The rest were similarly marked to their parents. See I knew my girls had a bit too much color so I specifically looked for a drake with lesser markings (best I could find) in my area. The breed is...

Update: 3 of this years babies I kept back from my test hatch. I think they are all drakes lol. Just my luck.

I’m in Canada a long ways away from the border lol. Most of the Ancona breeders seem to be in Ontario which is the opposite side of the country from me. I did keep the chocolate & she’s a female. I was trying to procure a chocolate drake but no luck I did however get an urelated blue drake that...

Updated photo of my flock. Taken a couple months ago before the snow. There are 3 drakes that will be butchered right away leaving me with 5 total birds. I’m excited for this spring hatching season.

I won’t be deciding what to use until they go through their first moult. Right now they are looking fully white with no real yellow left.

Updated pictures. My little flock of Ancona are now 4 weeks old.

I have hatched out 8 Ancona Ducklings. All appear to be Black except 1 possible chocolate. I will be growing them out to see how many ducks & how many Drakes I have. I was able to find others in my area who have hatched this year as well (from a different source) & we are looking to do a drake...