Ancona Chicken Thread

[Bantimna]

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[Nava]

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thanks wow you are WAAAAYYYYYY to far, are you in South Africa?

 

[Nava]

here are some of my little ones they are 2 months

I crossed a leg horn with an Ancona and this is what i got i really like him

 

[Amyable]

How soon can you tell who's male and female? I've got 6, 2 are looking rather boyish in the combs (larger and redder than the others). A couple are most definitely pullets, but then there are 1 or 2 kinda in the middle. Anything else I can look for besides combs?

eta: I really like those Leghorn/Ancona crosses - beautiful!

 

[Nava]

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I just go by the combs, I haven't found any ather way to tell butat around 4 weeks old you can star to tell them apart, here are two pics of a pullet and a roo they are over 3 months


Roo

Pullet

 

[newlyweds]

Thanks for the Pictures Nava. I have one Ancona (Annie) pullet about 6 weeks old now, and she is just the sweetest thing with such a gentle personality, I really really like this breed. I am surprised more don't own them.
Whenever anyone comes to my house they always ask about the beautiful black and white ancona (I have over 30 chickens).

 

[Preservation Acres]

My newest hen...an Ancona.

I can't wait until she molts. Her last home was not as gentle as her new home.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

What do Ancona chicks look like?

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

Is there really that much of a difference between Anconas and Leghorns? The biggest difference I see is Anconas don't appear to have as yellow legs as leghorns have.

 

[Nava]

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that is a really nice hen

MRS Fluffy if you look at the 1st post you can see the pics of Ancona chicks

Mary, I think that they are about the same I have both and they all lay really good, I think that the only difference is the color, Ohh and a friend of mine says that to make a certain Italian dish you can only use Ancona eggs, otherwise it won't taste the same, so that could be the other difference