Ancona Ducks

[ChristineR]

Per Holdderread's book: " Lavender Anconas have the same genotype as Chocolates, except they are heterozygous for blue, while Lilacs are homozygous for blue. "
We are realizing that a lot of our Lavenders are actually Lilacs. Working on getting pictures together to show the differences.

Yes, I'd love to see pictures of the difference.

 

[Chicken Crazy12]

Felt like sharing some photos

 

[neopolitancrazy]

I apologize if this information is buried in this thread somewhere, I couldn't find it. At what age will my Ancona drakes grow their curly tail feathers? I have 17 ducklings hatched in June, 1 from Boondockers, the remainder from Cackle. Of those, 1 is chocolate, 1 is either blue or lilace and 15 have black spots. I am looking forward to thinning the flock but really only want one drake and 2 ducks, not 17.
Thanks,
Angela

 

[crystaldegallina]

You can tell by their quack too if they are drakes or ducks(is that the correct term for a female duck? just duck?). The females quack, and the males sorta sound "hoarse".

 

[AuroraSprings]

Updated our Ancona Colors page. Thought ya'll might enjoy!

http://worthitfarms.jigsy.com/ancona-colors

 

[harriedhomemaker]

Updated our Ancona Colors page. Thought ya'll might enjoy!

http://worthitfarms.jigsy.com/ancona-colors

Thank you! This is great. If I had read this, it would have prevented the tizzy I went into when I noticed my newest Anconas had green feathers.

 

[harriedhomemaker]

I thought I'd post photos of my Anconas to this thread. I am crazy for Anconas!




The above ducks are ones I hatched from eggs I bought from Toadbriar. They are seven weeks old in these photos. I have two chocolates, a black, and two tri-colors. I have a hard time telling the difference between blue, lavender, and lilac, but I'm calling the tricolors blue with black flecks. Anyone else care to weigh in? The colors in the photos are true to life.










The following photos show my latest additions - four black Ancona females. They are lovely!







This is my attempt to have the new ducks in quarantine. I need to find somewhere else to quarantine new birds in the future because the old birds keep checking out the newcomers.

 

[AuroraSprings]

harriedhomemaker: The blue with black flecks is just a blue. The flecks are just the Extended Black gene bleeding through. To see the "tricolor pattern" you have to get rid of the Extended Black gene altogether. I see two blacks, one chocolate, and two blues in your first photo. Though one of the blacks could be chocolate. It's hard to tell when they are young because the color is SOOO rich. You can see examples of colors on the website I listed above.

 

[ChristineR]

Updated our Ancona Colors page. Thought ya'll might enjoy!

http://worthitfarms.jigsy.com/ancona-colors

I like your updated page! Now that I see that, I think the drake we were discussing is lilac, not lavender.

 

[harriedhomemaker]

harriedhomemaker: The blue with black flecks is just a blue. The flecks are just the Extended Black gene bleeding through. To see the "tricolor pattern" you have to get rid of the Extended Black gene altogether. I see two blacks, one chocolate, and two blues in your first photo. Though one of the blacks could be chocolate. It's hard to tell when they are young because the color is SOOO rich. You can see examples of colors on the website I listed above.

Thanks! Your updated page really does a great job of explaining it. I was thinking tricolor was simply any two colors + white, so I thought I had two tricolors. Got it now.