Ended Official BYC Contest - Worst Chicken Molt Pictures - Fall/Winter 2014

[ArkieGirl72638]

These pictures are always among my favorites. My flock has already finished their molt and has their bright new feathers in place. I will mark my calendar for next year to get some pictures...here in Arkansas my flock molted in August. Looked like someone gutted a feather bed in the coop.

 

[Teila]

These were taken this year but because of our season timing down-under it was in April ... does Dusty still qualify for the 'All Other Breeds' category?

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During:

 

[kbilo31384]

thank you

 

[WildernessLofts]

I bought 20 one year old leghorns for canning about 3 weeks ago. I plan on canning them after we get finished harvesting(we live on a farm). I was a little shocked to see how many were almost naked!

Unfortunately, that's not molting. That's a result of poor care.

 

[274255]

Definitely poor care but they are molting too. I have been treating them with tlc and they are starting to act like chickens. I aim to give them a very nice life for their last days. Their feathers are coming in nicely.

 

[chicken pickin]

This is Violet, she is an Olive Egger just over a year old. This is her 1st molt. All other breeds category.

 

[christine9]

I bought 20 one year old leghorns for canning about 3 weeks ago. I plan on canning them after we get finished harvesting(we live on a farm). I was a little shocked to see how many were almost naked!

Unfortunately, that's not molting. That's a result of poor care.

I know it's get off topic, but how could you tell from the picture that this was not just a molt?

 

[HighStreetCoop]

My Russian Orloff cockerel. Tails are so last season. (All other breeds.)

OMG! He looks like a Skeksis from Dark Crystal.

 

[WildernessLofts]

I know it's get off topic, but how could you tell from the picture that this was not just a molt?

I'll PM you when I get back from town and anyone else that messages me wanting to know. I don't want to derail the topic too much.

 

[oliviamcguckin]

Betty White