Ancona Ducks

Ancona Ducks have white feathers, covered with spots that can be black, chocolate, silver, blue or lavender. They have yellow bills with dark green or black spots, and orange shanks and feet.

They grow quickly up to a weight of 6 to 6 1/2 pounds (around 3 kg.)

They are relatively peaceful ducks and don't fly much, preferring to stay close to home.

They are good in gardens, feasting on insects and particularly large slugs that can plague gardens. They also eat greens.

Ancona Ducks are good for both eggs and meat.

The females are good layers, up to 210 to 280 eggs a year. The egg shells can be cream-coloured, white or blue.

The ducks have good flavoured meat, which is less fatty than that from many other ducks.
Ancona Ducks were developed in England in the early 1900s, possibly from Runner ducks and Huttegem ducks.

Also called:

Abacot Ranger Ducks, Allier White Ducks, Ancona Ducks, Appleyard Ducks, Australian Spotted Ducks, Aylesbury Duck, Black East Indies Ducks, Bourbourg Duck, Call Ducks, Campbells Duck, Canvasback Duck, Cayuga Duck, Challans Duck, Coast Ducks, Crested Ducks, Danish Black White-Breasted Duck, Dark Rouen Duck, Duclair Ducks, Eider Ducks, Elizabeth Ducks, Estaires Duck, Forest Duck, Germanata Veneta Ducks, Gimbsheim Ducks, Golden Cascade Ducks, Gressingham Duck, Haut-Volant Ducks, Herve Ducks, Hook Bill Ducks, Huttegem Duck, Idegem Duck, Indian Runner Duck, Kaiya Duck, Laplaigne Ducks, Magpie Ducks, Magret, Merchtem Duck, Mini Ducks, Mule Duck, Muscovy Duck, Naked-Neck Ducks, Nantes Ducks, Orpington Ducks, Overberg Ducks, Pekin Duck, Pommern Ducks, Rouen Duck, Saxony Ducks, Semois Duck, Silky Ducks, Swedish Blue Duck, Swedish Yellow Duck, Termonde Duck, Tsaiya Duck, Vouillé Duck, Welsh Harlequin Ducks

Bustards, Chicken, Cornish Game Hen, Goose, Guinea Fowl, Parson's Nose, Poussin, Quail, Turkeys

Affettati, Beef, Goat, Minced Meat, Offal, Pork, Sausages, Sheep, Steak, Steak