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.

Blue (note how it is darker than the baby in the background. It also looks like it might have some brown patches. If you look closely, you can see (s)he also has a small crest on the top of his head. Unfortunately, this one is also too heavily marked. It does not have anough white.

Blue (note how it is darker than the baby in the background. It also looks like it might have some brown patches. If you look closely, you can see (s)he also has a small crest on the top of his head. Unfortunately, this one is also too heavily marked. It does not have anough white.

Blue (note how it is darker than the baby in the background. It also looks like it might have some brown patches. If you look closely, you can see (s)he also has a small crest on the top of his head. Unfortunately, this one is also too heavily marked. It does not have anough white.

2 blacks; a blue, a chocolate, a lilac and a possible tri-colour.

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

Chocolate - not enough white, but the coloured parts will turn out to be a lovely solid chocolate.

Lilac. under natural light, this baby is noticeably paler than the rest. Note the darker spots - probably a tri-colour.

Lilac. under natural light, this baby is noticeably paler than the rest.

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

Butch. Hatched 2007 - the only duck we kept fro that year.