Ancona-egg size???

[klf73]

I was looking up Ancona. MPC says they lay large eggs, hendersons chart says small and feathersite link says "good size" . Anyone have some that lay? What size ARE the eggs?

Krista

 

[keljonma]

I know what you mean; depending on the source you read, Ancona eggs are either small or extra large.

Our Ancona hen's eggs were large. Her first pullet egg (the only one I ever measured) was 4 7/8" dia; 2 1/8" ht; 1 5/8" w.

 

[jossanne]

My one ancona laid nice large eggs. She was an MMH bird.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Would the concensus be that they lay fairly large eggs then? I'm interested in some anconas as well.

 

[cthrash1]

We love our Ancona she is so sweet and is not distrusting like the description I read shows them to be...But she can fly well, goes wherever she pleases...Flies out to freerange and flies from pen to pen...she is also very alert and doesn't take much off of any of the other ladies. We don't know if the medium eggs we are finding are the Silkies or the Anconas(they are just starting to lay), but I'm leaning more towards Ancona because we get them about 4 days a week. I expect the eggs to get larger over time.

 

[A Carolina Chick]

Our Ancona...Miss Diva is Queen Bee in our hen house. We have roosters, but she is in charge! She protects the flock and tells them when to come home to roost. She is also the smallest of the chicken's we have (they are all large breeds).

 

[Curlita]

I didn't particularly want an Ancona, but now that I have one, she's my favorite. She is the boldest and most curious of my chickens, although the hardest to handle. She's smart and more independent than the other chickens, too.

 

[Mac14]

I didn't particularly want an Ancona, but now that I have one, she's my favorite. She is the boldest and most curious of my chickens, although the hardest to handle. She's smart and more independent than the other chickens, too.

Ya my Ancona is the same, even though she's not quite my favorite. The reason we got her is because we were taking a Ameraucana chick home and then we saw the Ancona chicks, and they were SO CUTE, so we just had to get one.

 

[Smcferrin]

I was looking up Ancona. MPC says they lay large eggs, hendersons chart says small and feathersite link says "good size" . Anyone have some that lay? What size ARE the eggs?

Krista

Mine just started laying and they are quite small..very small actually..hopefully they'll get bigger?