Ancona Chicken Thread

[buckabucka]

Got my first Ancona egg!

it was a full 2 oz. I only have one Ancona, and I must say I have grown rather fond of her.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

I set our first Ancona eggs this morning. I'm excited about our pairings for the 2012 hatching season. I think we're going to see some nice birds.

 

[buckabucka]

Good luck with your hatch!

 

[kristen2678]

Yeah YHF! I've been stalking your website waiting for instructions on placing an order. With this amazing weather, it's hard to believe spring isn't really here yet. Looking forward to placing and picking up my order!

 

[tonini3059]

Good morning I hope someone out there can help me out. Over the winter I lost my ancona rooster so now I have four hens and nothing to breed them with. I love this breed and want to propagate more but am out of luck right now. So if anyone has a rooster out there and is willing to ship let me know. If not I would be willing to buy hatching eggs, the sooner the better, but I will take what I can get. Thanks in advance.

 

[champer]

Tonini, I have 2 Ancona, but they're only 6 weeks old.

I'm curious though, these 2 chicks tend to have very musical voices, they tend to trill and sing more like songbirds than chickens. Is this common?

 

[bobbieschicks]

My beautiful AC is now 26 weeks old and I think she's waiting until spring to lay her 1st egg! LOL! She's gotten her comb quite a bit torn up by the old rooster riding her so much - with only 2 pullets at POL available - he alternates between the two.

Hoping she will start to lay soon! Here she is almost a week ago.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

Thought I'd post a photo of our first RC Anconas for the 2012 season. It's a mixed group of Anconas and White Dorkings. They're growing well, and there's already a second hatch in the brooder. They should be hatching weekly on each Sunday. Our goal is to hatch 100 chicks to raise here before beginning to sell stock. Check out their little rose combs

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[champer]

Awww, so cute!

 

[Amyable]

Good morning I hope someone out there can help me out. Over the winter I lost my ancona rooster so now I have four hens and nothing to breed them with. I love this breed and want to propagate more but am out of luck right now. So if anyone has a rooster out there and is willing to ship let me know. If not I would be willing to buy hatching eggs, the sooner the better, but I will take what I can get. Thanks in advance.

Man, I wish you were closer, I have 5 roos from last Aug. Only keeping one.

Yellow House, adorable babies!

bobbie, nice lookin' gal. Here's hoping the eggs follow shortly.