Ancona Mother and Babies - she hatched these herself. This is one of the original anconas from Holderread. The 'hooded' baby is a chocolate.

A flock of Anconas (the "hooded" one is a chocolate)

Anconas (and Appleyards & Campbells) Jan, 2004

Black and White purebred Ancona Drake

Blue-Tri left; Blue & White Duck right;

Blue-Chocolate Tri-colour Drake

Lilac-Cinnamon Tri-colour Crested Drake (the "hooded" female in the background is a Chocolate and White)

Two Blue & White Ducks (with an under-marked Black and White behind)

2 blacks and a blue tri in the backgound

Lilac-Cinnamon Tri-colour Crested Drake

Blue: note the worn feathers on her back - this is typical in the spring.

January 2004

Tri-colour Duck (Black & Chocolate) named "Spot": the other side of her face is just black and white.

Lightly Marked Blue Duck - coloured just like the snow.

Black-n-White Duck - youcan you see the hint of irridescent green in her black feathers?

March 2004 'Poof'

Chocolate; possibly tri-coloured. Note the colour of the marking on its leg - definitely not black.

Lilac.

Black - nice distribution, but a little more colour would be nice.

Same baby - different angle.

These guys have the cutest feet!

Black - still wet. They will keep the same markings their whole lives.

Very nice black.

Markings should be random.

Chocolate - but way too heavily marked.

2 blacks; a blue, a chocolate, a lilac and a possible tri-colour. Its always fun to see what will turn up.

POssible tri-colour. Likely lilac.

Black - could use more spotting on the head.

Very light - probably lilac. The markings on these guys can be hard to assess because they are so light.