Chicken (and duck) Photography Contest (ends May 19)

This contest will be judged on the overall appearance of the photo, its background, the chicken in the picture, and angle.

There are four categories: rooster, hen, chick, duck
There are also three sub-categories: edited, black and white, original photo
Season categories: winter, fall, spring, summer

Each photo MUST be entered in THIS format to be considered for the judging.
Anything with a * beside is optional, bu anything without MUST be filled out.

*Chicken (or duck) name(s):
*Chicken (or duck) age(s):
Category:
Sub category:
Season category:
Photo:
Photo description(or caption):


Rules:
1. ALL BYC rules apply.
2. ONE photo per main category (ONE hen, ONE roster, ONE chick, ONE duck [any gender] = at least 4 photos per entrant)
3. No entries will be accepted after May 19 unless the minimum entries are not met (at least five participants, ten photos)
4. There will be NO prize, this is just for fun. **Change of plans... See below**
5. There will be three winning places for each category.
6. HAVE FUN!

Let's see some pictures!

**There WILL be a prize (sort of). The 1st place winning photos from EACH category will be featured in The Weekly Peep (an unofficial BYC newsletter run by me.). If you win and choose NOT to accept the prize, the second place winner will be given the "prize".**

Name: Selah
Age: Almost 10 weeks
Category: Chick
Sub category: Edited a little to show the true colors
Season category: Spring
Photo: Below

Hold on, I'll post a couple others here in a bit. This computer is acting up!

~Alex

*Chicken name: Dandy
*Chicken age: 3 days
Category: Chick
Sub category: Original photo
Season category: Spring
Photo:


Photo description: First day out of the nest with Momma!

Keep the entries coming!

*Duck name: Smackers
Category: Duck
Sub category: Original photo
Season category: Winter
Photo:

Photo description: Feeding time at the pond

*Chicken name: Roo
*Chicken age: 1 year
Category: Rooster
Sub category: Original photo
Season category: Spring
Photo:

Photo description: BLRW

*Chicken (or duck) name(s): Fanny
*Chicken (or duck) age(s): 11 months
Category: Hen
Sub category: Original photo (the 3rd pic was edited)
Season category: Spring
Photo: (s) above
Photo description(or caption): Fanny loves having her picture taken ( as you can see)

*Chicken name: Autumn
*Chicken age: 1 year old
Category: Rooster
Sub category: Original photo
Season category: Spring
Photo:

Thanks, everyone for entering! I can see already that this will be a tough one to judge. I just had an idea... There will be a prize (sort of). If you win and don't want to accept the prize, that's fine. **see original post for prize details**