Ancona ducklings

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Ancona ducks are rare heritage breed. We have been raising Anconas since 2018. From my personal experience, I can tell you they are a phenomenal breed. They are suer intelligent and friendly. The layers are prolific and fertile. They typically lay about 280 eggs a year. They are chatty but not loud. They love to forage and mate in the pond. Ancona’s current Livestock conservancy status is “Watch.” You can learn more in depth information about Ancona ducks here https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/heritage-breeds-list/ancona-duck/

My entire flock of Anconas consist of all colors, except white and tricolor, though we occasionally still hatch white due to a recessive gene present in the bloodline we have. Other present genes include tricolor and crested. They do pop up once upon a moon. The crested gene is linked to a lethal condition during incubation. I currently keep one crested female duck. She is chocolate and is gorgeous. I do not keep tricolors nor whites. Those are sold early or raised for harvest. I am very proud of my flock of Anconas. My first Anconas hatched from several eggs I purchased from Allison Party (Al Qualquery) back when I first started with Anconas. A year later, I hatched eggs from Mantahala-farm (Nancy). With her line, I hatched a few heavily colored ones versus the lightly colored I got from Al Qualquerys, so there was quite a bit of work and culling I had to do to get what I have today. Ancona ducks are not yet APA recognized. I do support some of the proposed standards that is to steer away from heavily colored patterns. I have layers that put out white, cream, and blue-greenish eggs. Sometimes, I get some that is closer to the teal blue color. Please note, I do not separate my Anconas by color.