Ancona chicken
| Country of origin | Italy; United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Use | eggs |
| Traits | |
| Weight |
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| Skin colour | yellow |
| Egg colour | white |
| Comb type | single or rose |
| Classification | |
| APA | Mediterranean |
| EE | no |
| PCGB | soft feather: light |
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The Ancona is an Italian breed of chicken. It is named after the city and province of Ancona, in the Marche region of Italy, but was bred to its present type mainly in the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century.
In 2025 its conservation status world-wide was "at risk", with few more than 800 birds reported – most of them in Australia. In Italy numbers are very low; an initiative to re-establish the breed in its native area and to preserve its biodiversity was launched in 2000. There is also an Ancona bantam.