🥚 Ancona
Chickens · breed reference
Black flecked with white — a hardy, self-reliant layer. The rose-comb form is the one to buy up north. NOT the Ancona duck, which is a British farm duck wearing the same broken mottling and no relation.
| Species | Chicken |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Eggs |
| Eggs per year | ~220 |
| First eggs | ~20 weeks |
| Sizes | Standard · Bantam |
🌱 Five Acres of Freedom — plan a year's food, map
your land to scale, and keep every homestead record. The numbers on
this page are the same ones the app plans with.
🍏 Download on the App Store
📱 On Android? Join the waitlist