Hello fellow Ancona owners. What do you think, throwbacks or mixed? I think they are both going to be drakes. I love that buff for a potential duckling daddy.
Yes. I first timer test incubator hatched 4 last year in March and 1 was pure white and another only had a bit of color on its head. 2 naturally hatched in August were lavender hens but with 70% white. So the drake is a good sire passing the recessive genes but his harem has a lot of white.
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Those are out of your earlier ducks? Interesting how much white. I'm wanting to introduce more color into my too white flock and thought dark girls would help since I want to keep my drake who has about that much white. Hmmm....*headscratch*
There is an Ancona breeder in Newport, WA about a hour from the border if you are anywhere near there (and international trade ss allowed.) Iirc she has over 30 hens and swaps out her drakes yearly to keep genetic diversity. The regional feed store, North40, also listed Anconas last year in...