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Ancona Chickens

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Ancona History

The Ancona originates from the Italian province of Ancona and was bred from a mixture of breeds including the Leghorn. Their black feathering led to them being called Black Leghorns. They are tough, hardy birds and are prolific layers, producing a large number of white eggs. They were very popular as egg producing birds in Europe and arrived in England in 1888 and slightly later in America. The breed can be seen in two different varieties the single combed and less common rose combed forms. They have white earlobes and bay coloured eyes and in the single combed variety, the large comb flops backwards. The feathers are beetle green-black, tipped with white and they have yellow featherless legs and feet with some black mottling down the shanks. They have four long, well spread toes.

Ancona Behaviour

Anconas are small attractive birds which are not prone to broodiness. In fact, they are non-sitters and will produce a large number of medium size white eggs. Chicks are vigorous and mature quickly. They are alert, busy little birds and are happiest foraging in the open air. They are not happy kept in confined spaces and they also fly well so high fencing is necessary. With good care and kind treatment, they can become quite trusting and may become tame if handled from a young age. With every moult, the white spots on their plumage become bigger so the older the bird, the whiter the feathering. They are very hardy and a cock will weigh in at around 6lbs while a hen weighs approximately 4½lbs. They have an average lifespan of around 8 years. There is also a bantam version.

Ancona Varieties

Single Comb and Rose Comb.

Ancona Status

Fairly common
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Ancona Pictures

A splendid ancona chicken pecking around in the dirt.
Holding a 6 week old Ancona chicken.
Chicks in garden
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One of my many ancona hens
Annie the ancona
a black and white aracona chicken pecking on some grass
Young ancona cockerel
An ancona chicken walking along a perch - 8 weeks old.
A 1 week old ancona chick.
A 1 week old ancona chick.
An ancona chicken about 8 weeks old.
An 8 week old ancona chicken in a chicken run.
An 8 week old anonca chicken.
Chicken outside
Chicken in cage
Chicken in cage
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Ancona For Sale

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QUALITY HAND REARED BABY AFRICAN GREYS.

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£300.00

Description: Currently hand rearing a couple of baby African grey parrots. Birds are quality birds bred from quality stock birds. All birds have had full blood tests and health checks to guarantee good health. Will be ready in about 8 weeks time just in time for Christmas. Will make an excellent pet and are known for being the best talkers. Hand raised around kids and other pet. Quality guaranteed (ROSALALITA1982@GMAIL.COM ) WHATSAPP ( +23767-5615808 )

FERTILE MACAW PARROTEGGS FOR SALE

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£40.00

Description: We are specialized in selling very fresh laid and fertile species of parrot eggs , all our eggs are collected from very healthy birds in our aviary , candle tested and confirmed fertile . We are now taking orders from those are interested in raising up their own baby birds from the eggs stage. Its fun hatching your own baby(ies) from eggs and we will assist you in any way to hatch out your babies successfully. Bellow is a list of all the eggs i have for sale: Congo African Grey eggs, Timneh Grey eggs, Umbrella Cockatoo eggs, Palm Cockatoo eggs, Goffin Cockatoo eggs, Gallah Cockatoo eggs, Blue and Gold Macaw eggs, Scarlet Macaw eggs, Greenwing Macaw eggs, Hyacinth Macaw eggs, Sollomons Island Eclectus eggs, Dyh Amazon eggs, Toco Toucan eggs, Cockatiel eggs, Senegal eggs, Conures eggs.

Trio of Ancona bantams

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£60.00

Description: Trio of Ancona bantams. Hens have just started laying. £60 is for the trio of bantams,

6 Ancona bantam fertile eggs

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£10.00

Description: 6 Ancona bantam fertile eggs for £10 collected. Extra cost for postage.

Trio of Ancona bantams

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£60.00

Description: Trio of Ancona bantams. Price of £60 is for the trio. The two hens have just started laying.

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Ancona for sale - Paul,

Does anyone know where I can order Ancona rose-comb chicks to Canada?

cool! - Alex,

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Ann and App - Lexie,

Last spring, I bought 5 Ancona chicks and 5 Appenzeller chicks. Only 1 Ancona chick died, and I was glad that the others survived. When they grew up, I sold all but one hen, which I named Ann. She is very beautiful. I adore the way she struts around with App (my Appenzeller roo) as if she owns the place. She is very sweet and is very good with my 2 year old sister, Karlie. She is hardy, but last winter, she nearly died from the sudden coldfronts we were getting. Her egg production is about average, and her eggs are a pearly white. I must admit, however, that she isn't "the best" with gardens. She doesn't destroy them, but lately we've been having problems with her picking the ripe veggies off of their vines. All in all, I say that if you want a chicken, the Ancona is the best place to start.

- Sue,

I love this breed. Independent, strong, assertive but not aggressive. Great colour and a lovely fan shaped tail but really hard to buy. After hours searching the internet for a large hen, no success. Can anyone help?

Beautiful comical compact chickens - Katrina, London,

Bought my youngsters from Beacon Stud in Kent and they have been great to tame up and are now as friendly as a pet dog-lovely, healthy birds and just started laying at 15 weeks now and so we will have eggs almost every day for this first year. Spent a long time with these helpful people and was so happy with the care and attention they gave us-all good advice 1st hand and loads of tips-strongly recommended.

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Breeder Clubs for Ancona

Scottish Ancona Club

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