In Stock
standard
Ancona
Black with white V-tips
4.812 reviews
Hatching eggs are for incubation only, not for eating. Hatch rates vary and depend on incubation conditions.
Hardy Mediterranean layers of white eggs with beetle-green plumage tipped in white. Agile, alert and independent.
- Origin
- Italy
- Purpose
- egg layer
- Temperament
- flighty
- Egg colour
- white
- Eggs per year
- ~220
- Weight (hen / cock)
- 2 kg / 2.7 kg
- Hardiness
- Very hardy
- Broodiness
- Low
- Good with children
- Best with supervision
- Noise level
- Chatty
- Suits
- Free-range
- Hatching difficulty
- Easy
- Size
- large fowl
Reviews
What hatchers say about Ancona
No reviews for this breed yet — be the first after your hatch.
You might also like
Related breeds
Leghorn (White)
In Stock
white eggs · egg layer · large fowl
from£18/ 6 eggs
Hamburgh (Silver Spangled)
In Stock
white eggs · egg layer · large fowl
from£26/ 6 eggs
Rare breed
Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Limited
white eggs · egg layer · large fowl
from£36/ 6 eggs
Rare breed
Derbyshire Redcap
Limited
white eggs · egg layer · large fowl
from£36/ 6 eggs