ancona

Hello! The duck starter I have for my 2 baby anconas is a 22% ration, which contains 60mg/kg of niacin. is this enough or do I need to be supplementing additional niacin? also I have been told the 22% Is a bit high so I've been slightly diluting it with oats to get around the 20% mark. is this...

Hello! My 2 new anconas are in their brooder & are terrified of me:-( they are 2 & 3 days old, so I assume they’re just getting used to their new environment but every time I put my hand in the brooder to change the water or anything they peep super loud & run to the other side of the box &...

Ok, since I brought her home, I thought she was an Ancona because of the nugget shape she had on her back. Come to find out, Mottled Java’s have the same shape as chicks! Now that she’s a year old I’m leaning more towards Mottled Java. She is my favorite hen and I have an opportunity to get...

My Ancona drake is simply obsessed with my Muscovy's eggs. Every time she lays and he's able to get his hands on it, he freaks out. It's like he's trying to protect it. Is this normal? Who cares, it's adorable, but I'm just curious. It's almost like he wants to nest with it? Link:

My almost 10 month old Ancona duck seems to have the hiccups...or something this morning (link below). It just started within the last hour. There's no noise associated, just the odd full body motion. He seems normal otherwise, quacking and curious, and he gets down water fine. He doesn't seem...

My drake is super interested in my Muscovy hen's eggs. He circles it and pushes at it with his beak very delicately. He's not aggressive when I take it. It's almost like he wants to sit on it? I can't figure out what he's doing. If I leave it on a table or the couch he will jump up so he can...

Hi All! I'm getting 2 little Ancona ducklings this upcoming spring & just trying to plan/budget for their arrival! Does anyone know how fast they grow? & if you have diapers for them how many sizes should I get? I know these little guys grow quickly but since they will be spending time in...

Hello! My Ancona girl, Tiny, has never laid. She’s 31 weeks old and all of her sisters lay. She gets in the box almost daily, lays there for anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour, then sings the egg laying song. We live in the PNW so days are short, rainy, and fairly dark. Is she not laying...

Please help, we were recently given 11 ducks of various breeds, and are trying to figure out what breeds and ducks/drakes we have. Can Black Swedish have black spots on their chest? Does green head automatically mean male? Are the two light ones Silver Appleyard?

Just wondering if anyone else has raised Ancona ducks? I have 3 that I hatched exactly 3 weeks ago. One started quacking at 1 week old and is fullly quacking now with only peeps when its separated from the others. And they all started getting feathers on their tail and wings before 2 weeks of...

Hi all! I have been a lurker here for awhile (mostly Pinterest pins directing me here), but finally decided to join in the fun! I have recently inherited a house with a few acres (just under 9) that is part of our family’s larger farm. Now that I have a large outbuilding and some acreage, I...

I've just noticed that my Ancona named Roadrunner's wings look like this, is this early angel wing? Celeste the Cayuga also has this on her left wing. We've fed them chick starter that may be high in protein so that could be the problem. They're 6 weeks old. Would normal human compression...

Hi there, we have a flock of 16 ducks Muscovy, Cayuga and Golden 300. Half are adopted so we are guessing their breed. We successfully hatched some mixed ducks in an incubator and they are healthy and great little additions. My husband picked up 7 Ancona eggs and we have them in the incubator...

Ancona ducklings hatched 3/26, unsexed. Three available; they must all go together. Located in SE Florida, pickup only. Private message me, please. These little cuties are a wonderful distraction from the lockdown madness!

I’m selling my female lilac looney Muscovy and my female lilac Ancona with heavy chest rust. They’re both from Al’s Quackery, and I have all their birth dates. I’m asking $50 dollars for the Muscovy, $20 for the Ancona, or $60 for both. I’m open to other offers. I’m in CT :)

So we think our ancona layed her first egg earlier today! She's our only white egg chicken and there was a small white egg in front of their coop. She's been making a loud sound I've never heard her do before. She made a little nest spot and sat for a while and did what we thought was egg song...

I need to find a temporary indoor home for my female ancona. We have to move somewhere I cannot have her. This is just temporary on both issues. I will supply everything she needs. I just need her to be safe and warm. She has never been with other ducks, since she was 3 days old.

Hi, We picked up some day olds and were told we had a golden penciled Hamburg, blue Ancona and Old English Game. 8 weeks later and I'm thinking the blue is the OEG and black / white the Ancona? My guess on the sexing is the Hamburg is a hen and the other 2 are going to be roosters. We also...

I have three chickens that I need help sexing/determining breed. - All three are 15 weeks - Order included 2 female Anconas and 1 male Leghorn/1 female Leghorn (lost one as a youngster) Can anyone tell me which is an Ancona and which is a Leghorn?? Characteristics of both are single comb and...

I have 8 healthy 7 week old ducks that need a new home. They are my first ducks and as much as I love them, they're a little too much work for us at the moment. 4 Ancona (2 sexed females, 2 unsexed hatchery extras) 1 female Cayuga 1 female Blue Swedish 2 female Silver Appleyards I would...