My Ancona girls are two months old!

[ducklover700]

Thought I'd throw out an update on my Ancona ladies; I got their hatching eggs from ToadBrior, and my ducklings hatch on June 27th, and 28th. They're growing up so beautifully! Posie is a lavender Ancona, however she has blue feathers splashing around here and there, as well as several tan spots (like rust?) so I guess that technically makes her a quad colored ancona? (lavender, blue, tan, and white).

Yara, is a black Ancona, however she has a lot of bronze rusting; she has almost a brindle pattern on her head, and in the sun, her black feathers shine with bronze highlights. Pretty!

Last but not least, I have my Buff Orpinton, who is only about 2 1/2 weeks older than the anconas, but she thinks they're her babies and they follow her around everywhere. so cute!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thought I'd throw out an update on my Ancona ladies; I got their hatching eggs from ToadBrior, and my ducklings hatch on June 27th, and 28th. They're growing up so beautifully! Posie is a lavender Ancona, however she has blue feathers splashing around here and there, as well as several tan spots (like rust?) so I guess that technically makes her a quad colored ancona? (lavender, blue, tan, and white).

Yara, is a black Ancona, however she has a lot of bronze rusting; she has almost a brindle pattern on her head, and in the sun, her black feathers shine with bronze highlights. Pretty!

Last but not least, I have my Buff Orpinton, who is only about 2 1/2 weeks older than the anconas, but she thinks they're her babies and they follow her around everywhere. so cute!

They are beautiful. thanks for sharing.

 

[ducklover700]

You're welcome!

They're such fun girls. Posie was my miracle baby, too. she pipped on the wrong end of the egg (opposite to the air cell), but she's growing up very nicely now!

 

[harriedhomemaker]

Pretty!

 

[toadbriar]

They are lovely! I am smiling cos I can look out my window and see Yara's mom (sitting on a late batch of eggs) and Posie is the spitting image of my drake HoneyBadger. Quite a few of the blacks have mallard pattern bleed-through (the brindly spot on Yara's head). It is a side effect of her carrying one copy of the extended-black gene, which is one of the factors that contribute to random color patterns.

Enjoy and thanks for the update pics!

 

[ducklover700]

who did Yara's mom end up being then? Posie seems to have inherited more than just HoneyBadger's looks then, she's a pretty chill girl. She's always the first to come running up to me for treats, too.

I won't be able to thank you enough for them, they're wonderful!

 

[ducklover700]

Pretty!

Thank you! It'll be tough finding a drake to match them I think.

I decided on not keeping one permanently for now, but I'm definitely going to have to see If I can match them up when they're older, with a handsome fella.

 

[fowl farm]

Nice! I want an Ancona.

 

[ducklover700]

I'm quite sure they're my favorite breed. I've had quite a few, but these gals have a pretty firm spot in my heart. I really love the buffs, and the Swedish, too though!

 

[harriedhomemaker]

Thank you! It'll be tough finding a drake to match them I think.

I decided on not keeping one permanently for now, but I'm definitely going to have to see If I can match them up when they're older, with a handsome fella.

I ended up keeping two boys and three girls from the eggs I hatched from Toadbriar. One of my girls ended up being a boy, so I have three boys. I added four more females from another source, so now I have nine! Lots of Ancona fun at our house.