Everything Ancona in our Farm Store
These are all the products we carry that are derived from Ancona ducks.
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Heritage BreedWatch StatusRare!Pastured ForagersSoy-free Organically RaisedAncona Duck Hatching Eggs – Watch Status – Heirloom/Heritage **RARE Breeding Project** – Pastured and Organically Bred Soy-Free Parents – All Hens Hatched from Green Eggs and Lay White or Green$7.00$6.65 -
Heritage BreedRare!Pastured ForagersSoy-free Organically RaisedDuck Eggs Dozen Organic Soy-Free Pastured Heirloom/Heritage Unwashed for Counter Storage or Water Glassing$11.00$10.45 -
Heritage Breed MixRare!Pastured ForagersSoy-free Organically RaisedAncona/Cayuga Ducklings – Organically Bred No Shots (Can lay white, light grey, or light green) (Pre-Order)$20.00$19.00 -
Heritage BreedWatch StatusRare!Pastured ForagersSoy-free Organically RaisedAncona Ducklings – Organically Bred No Shots – Rare Heritage Breed (Pre-Order)$30.00$28.50 -
Heritage BreedRare!Pastured ForagersSoy-free Organically RaisedDuck Eggs Dozen Organic Soy-Free Pastured Heirloom/Heritage$14.00$13.30
Pollina Line
On May 2020, we drove to the Pollina Project in Leicester, NC and picked up 2 males and 3 females, one day old. The parents were Harry (a tricolor, who we now have) and Ginny as well as Hermione and Ron, but we don’t know which ducklings came from which pair. The ducklings were: Drako, Remus, Minerva, Narcissa, and Delphini. Two of the 3 hens laid blue eggs. Everyone has been coyote dinner except Drako.
We later adopted Harry because he is a tricolor (they get culled in the APA project) and because he may carry a blue egg gene.
Worth It Line
On May 28, 2021, we drove to Worth It Farms in Chattahoochie Hills, GA and picked up 11 ducklings, a few weeks old. They explained to me that they were once part of the breeding efforts to get APA standardization for Ancona, but they pulled back from the efforts. Their birds came from Dave Holderread’s flock and they no longer sell to the public. The hen was coyote dinner along with a few males, so the remaining males, Remus II (chocolate) and Sirius II (black) were bred to a Welsh hen for meat purposes. The ducklings were crested, so we sold Remus II, Sirius II, and two blue duckling hens expressing the crested gene to Jan Pelfery of Triple J Farms in Cave Spring, GA, who specializes in crested Ancona. We have since found that those hens lay green eggs! We no longer have any ducks from this line, but contact Jan if you want crested Ancona.
Ancona Acres Line
During the fall of 2021, we acquired 2 drakes and 1 hen from a local farmer who got her ducklings from Ancona Acres. Sadly, one drake and the hen were attacked by weasels and died. Neville, a blue drake remains. Their site states that “crested . . . ducklings do pop up time to time”, so we do not breed Neville.
Various Lines
During the summer of 2022, we hatched several blue eggs from: Vitoria Farms, Five Pine Farms, The Pollina Project, and “Amanda”. The following ducklings hatched.
Pollina Line
– Phineas Black, black drake
Vitoria Farms Line
– Luna Lovegood, white hen
Amanda
– Fleur Delacour, blue hen
– Lavender Brown, chocolate buff hen
– Helena Ravenclaw, tri-color hen
Five Pine Farms Line
In Spring of 2023, we got a beautiful chocolate
tri-color drake, named Cormac McLaggen.
Further Reading on Ancona Ducks
Please check out these resources on Ancona ducks. We have included resources that adhere to the Dave Holderread guidelines as well.