“I got two Ancona's from MPC, and both ending up having more white accents than pictured. One was super sweet, and would fly/run up me to get on my shoulder. This second girl I have now is more independent, but is still pretty talkative and she does come up on her own some to socialize. What's pretty cool is she's my only white egg layer right now, but everyday, I have one white egg out there. They are smaller than my EE's eggs, but that's fine with me, because I appreciate the yolks most anyways for cooking, so I'd rather have more eggs than bigger eggs. These birds are on the smallish side too, and since there are good foragers, I feel like they are an economical choice for eggs. No need to feed a big meat bird if I only want eggs and pets anyways :) 10/10”
“My Ancona is a nice little hen. She lays Medium White eggs. Her comb is HUGE, though, and has been damaged by the very cold temperatures, even though I was careful to put vaseline on her comb. I have no complaints about her, but I would not get another one because of the huge comb.”
“My Ancona is definitely the friendliest and by far the most curious out of my flock. She loves to follow us around and is always trying to sit on our shoulders. Super friendly and highly recommended for people with kiddos.”
“I still haven‚Äôt decided my thoughts on this breed. I have two Ancona, received the middle of August 2020. Neither of them are really laying, between the two of them I have gotten 10 ‚Äúfairy‚Äù eggs (teeny tiny yoke less eggs). I decided on this breed since the description said ‚Äúgood layers‚Äù. I have gotten a few normal size eggs (maybe 10 between the two of them since the beginning of March). They are coming up to being 10 months old, so wondering at what age do they become ‚Äúgood layers‚Äù? Yes they are very vocal and ‚Äútalk‚Äù to me whenever I enter the coop or run. I‚Äôm really hoping they start laying consistently soon.”
“We ordered one of these chickens after we lost our California Gray and wanted another white egg layer. Our Ancona is a striking bird with much more white than the stock photo here on the site. She has a very large floppy comb and beautiful green hued black feathers. She was late to lay, and so far has eggs on the smaller side. Very pretty in our mixed flock.”
“Our Ancona hatched in Spring 2020 and within 4.5 weeks, we were floored to hear our 'female' chick crow. We had 3 other chicks that weren't auto sexing so maybe Ancona's are harder to sex, but we had to get rid of him due to local laws. He was a bit of a jerk and seemed to chase the other ladies relentlessly in the mornings.”
