Ancona Chickens

Ancona Chick

Ancona Hen

Ancona Rooster

Ancona chickens were developed in the mid 1800's near the city of Ancona, Italy and are black with white speckles. Ancona chickens tend to be hardy especially in the cold, but can occasionally suffer frostbite on their large combs. Ancona chickens lay a good amount of small white eggs, but are rather nervous and flighty, and tend to shy away from a lot of human contact. Anconas are great foragers. Anconas also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.
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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Ameraucana / Easter Egger

Andalusian

Araucana
Australorp / Black Australorp

Bantam (What exactly is a Bantam or Banty?)

Barnevelder
Barred Rock / Plymouth Rock
Light Brahma
Dark Brahma / Buff Brahma

Campine / Silver and Golden
Cochin / Cochin Bantam
Delaware

Dorking

Faverolles

Frizzle (What is a Frizzle?)
Jersey Giant / Black Jersey Giant
Leghorn / White Leghorn
Maran / Cuckoo Maran / Chocolate Egger

New Hampshire Red

Orpington / Buff Orpington

Penedesenca

Polish Crested

Rhode Island Red

Sebright: Silver and Golden (True Bantam)
Silkies
Sussex / Speckled Sussex

Welsummer
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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