Is There An Ancona Chicken In Your Future?

Is There An Ancona Chicken In Your Future?

History of a chicken? Yes, Ancona chickens used so much around the world began in the Province of Ancona, Italy and the Port of Ancona, the city from which it spread across the world. In the mid eighteen hundreds the popular little chicken arrived in England, being exported in the late eighteen hundreds to America.

The spangled color of the Ancona most likely came from the intermingling of the Original Mottled Leghorn and the Black Leghorn. The Ancona inherited greenish black feathers (some purple tinting) with tips of white. Also got those lovely yellow, featherless legs ending in four well-spaced toes. Yes, toes... And earlobes of white. Yes, earlobes! Of course, toes assist with balance. Very important in chasing bugs... For a chicken. Ears as well! The Anconas in Italy feature colors of reds, browns and white, sometimes showing up with copper color in the hackles on the neck.

On top of the head of the hen, will be found a single floppy comb with the rooster sporting a very straight and tall one. A second variety is the rose colored comb. Their sharp eyesight from the bay colored eyes and its coloring, aids it in staying away from the bad guys!

Several varieties of Anconas can be found in the chicken world. There is a type found in Australia called a Red Ancona, that shows red with specks of white on the neck feathers. The Bantam is a small one. The other available is large.

The rooster weighs in around six pounds and the hen at four and a half pounds. When they lose their feathers (known as moulting), and new ones grow back, the white on the tips becomes bigger. That is a good way to age the chicken. They live eight years or there about, and are enjoyed as pets as well as egg producers.

If egg producing chickens interest you, the Ancona does that quite well. Once a day for perhaps five days a week, she will lay one white egg. Once in a while, it will show up with tinted eggs! A hundred and sixty to a hundred and eighty eggs a year should be a nice egg-laying hen. And they also have a great feed/egg conversion rate. All around good little chicken.

The hen is not too broody but does raise strong little chickies fast and if a few are hand-raised by the owner, they do make nice pets. They are friendly and will follow around.

As stated earlier, the hen is quite an active, busy little bird, unlike the rooster, who chooses to wander around at a slower pace. Both, however, can fly over a fence so build the chicken yard with lots of thought. Keep them in and wild critters out. Both hen and rooster prefer wide open spaces. More room to chase those bugs! Being unaffected by normal cold weather will enable a sufficient chicken house to be built. This is where the nests will be and provide protection from the nasties that prey upon them.

On a humorous note, Ancona chickens have been chosen as a model for a non-combat pet in an online game of magic! In this game it can be summoned and will follow the warrior around. It will not fight, however! Why don't chickens like humans? They beat eggs! Hahahaha!

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