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Hahaha Yellow House Farm - I am certainly tempted when I look at the pics of your beautiful rosecomb ACs. My AC has the floppy single comb. While we don't get really bad winters to harm the comb, I just don't like the look of it on her. Plus the rooster likes to grab hard on it and she often gets tears on her comb. She's otherwise such a beautiful bird - I love the black with white mottled look. My AC is rather small to be dual purpose bird. Are the rosecomb birds larger in stature or do you use your Dorkings for meat and ACs for egg production? I love the look of your Dorkings - they are gorgeous.
 
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Hahaha Yellow House Farm - I am certainly tempted when I look at the pics of your beautiful rosecomb ACs. My AC has the floppy single comb. While we don't get really bad winters to harm the comb, I just don't like the look of it on her. Plus the rooster likes to grab hard on it and she often gets tears on her comb. She's otherwise such a beautiful bird - I love the black with white mottled look. My AC is rather small to be dual purpose bird. Are the rosecomb birds larger in stature or do you use your Dorkings for meat and ACs for egg production? I love the look of your Dorkings - they are gorgeous.
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Actually, Ancona spatchcocked broilers slow-cooked on the grill, between 13 and 15 weeks old, marinated in homemade BBQ sauce or the left over pickling juices from sundry canned bits. WE jut split them in 1/2 and each has a 1/2 bird. They are delicious. They're honestly one of my guilty pleasures; I could eat them by the platter-full.

I do love the RC. They're neat and trim and offer a sort of balance.


Our first chicks of the season are out of the hatcher. I'm very much looking forward to the result of these matings.
 
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Yummy - I'm drooling now
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When I first got into chickens - my goal was multiple colored eggs. I have green, browns, white and tan now. I have since found that to be a fun idea - but not very practical for my family or coop space.

My new goal for going forward is to have a small backyard flock of one single breed that is dual purpose - meat and eggs - raised as organically as possible, to be able to feed my family. Whether that will be a heritage breed or not is an intriguing prospect - I do like the idea of carrying on tradition and keeping the breeds to a standard.
 
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Hey Yellow house farm I would love to come see your operation. Are you going to be running any classes again this spring?
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We may, but e're not sure yet. It's hard to balance the schedules. Currently we're receiveing a lot of iquiries and it can be ahrd to keep up with call backs and schedulign dates. I was, though, thinking about how I might order things this evening. This year, I might consider doing workshops in the summer, closer to the show season.
 
Thanks, I'll keep an eye on your web site, it was great reading for after the kids went to bed. I would also be interested in getting a starter flock of RC Anconas when you have them available. It would be best if I could pick up at the farm so that I can see the parent stock and know what I am breeding for.
I picked up a batch of Chanteclers from a fellow near Berre VT this last summer. I got nine roosters in the batch! Of course it was only after I processed the 'extra' roosters that I realized I should have selected for the smaller comb and wattles. I just saved what looked to be the biggest and most robust rooster, however he also has the larger cushion comb and larger wattles, oops! I don't want to make the same mistake with the Arconas and I guess the best way to not make the same mistake is to really get to know the breed well, thus the desire to visit the farm. So glad to have found a dedicated breeder that lives somewhat near by. Thanks
 
Hi I'm looking to get some fertile Ancona eggs. I've done some research on the breed and they sound exactly what we are looking for although they seem to be quite uncommon in Australia for some reason. I'd love to hear any advise or pros and cons of the breed. We've had chickens for around 10 years and mostly free range our birds except when breeding from them.
 

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