Ended Official BYC Mini-Contest—What's Your Hobby?

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Winners announced here!

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Welcome to the Official BYC Mini-Contest
What's Your Hobby?​

This is a RANDOM Winner Contest...

We want to know what you love! Whether you're lucky enough to have a hobby that pays the bills, or it's something you enjoy doing in your free time, tell us all about it! What are your creative and artistic pursuits? Do you collect something special? Did you need to buy an external hard drive to store all of the pictures you take? Share with us what hobbies you enjoy most!

It's easy to enter, just reply to this thread with up to 4 of your hobbies, and you will be entered for a chance to win!

There will be at least 5 winners, and each will receive a copy of the beautiful BYC 2023 Calendar!

The calendar is available to winners that reside in the United States. Winners outside the United State will be awarded a 1-month PFM.

The rules:

• An entry is *one* hobby with at least one picture of your hobby.
• Please add a short description with your IMAGES IN YOUR POSTS, examples...
  
  
  • What is it that you love about this hobby?
  • When do you do the Hobby?
  • What sacrifices do you make to be able to practice your hobby?
  • Are you an amateur? An adept? An expert?
  • Are you lucky enough that this hobby is part of your job/income?
  • The above are just examples of how to create your post, you don´t have to talk about all of them and you can add other things if you want, those are just a few guidelines in case you don’t know how to make your post!
• The picture(s) needs to have been taken by you.
• ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
• Prizes are limited to one per person per contest. You may not use a photo that won an award in another BYC-sponsored contest.
• All BYC rules apply: Terms of Service (Rules)
• Entries will be accepted through November 30th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Note: We will use a random number generator to select our winners for this Contest.

2021 Contest Winners

Chicken Keeping	Hook Rugs	The Harp

From left to right: @Exiragirls, @theoldchick, & @Naisha

Drawing	Oil Candles	Chicken Keeping

From left to right: @GigitheBackyardHerbilist, @Piefoot, & @AvocadoAbi

2020 Contest Winners

Repurposing antiques​	Comic Books​	Online Auctions​	Hobby Farming​	Treasure Hunting​
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From left to right: @CluckerFamily, @Chicken_loverXx, @slippednfell, @cmom, @ronkonkoma

2019 Contest Winners

Grooming​	Photography​	Baking​	Geocaching​	Scrounging​
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From left to right: @FortCluck, @Madie'sOddFlock, @Meg-in-MT, @Casper417, @RaZ

Check out the rest of the contests here:
Official BYC Mini-Contest Series - Win one of Fifty (50) BYC 2023 Calendars!

If you would like to purchase a beautiful BYC 2023 Calendar, see this thread: 2023 BYC Calendars are HERE!!!! Free Shipping to US Addresses!

 

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Twelve (12) amazing contests to choose from!
Click on a picture to view the contest!​

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Official BYC Mini-Contest—Miss BYC Beauty Pageant

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Mister BYC Beauty Pageant

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Flapper & Fliers Photo Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Pets With Paws Photo Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Poultry and Pals Photo Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Show Us Your Flock Photo Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Egg Basket Photo Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Raw Egg Photo Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Fabulous Feather Foto Contest

Official BYC Mini-Contest—What's Your Hobby?

Official BYC Mini-Contest—Thanksgiving Side Dishes Photo Contest!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Hobbies are exciting! Can't wait to see what everyone's is!

 

[Summer_]

Uhh… I like reading, I guess. usually everyday, don’t get paid, don’t really sacrifice much to do it. I like it tho

 

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Uhh… I like reading, I guess. usually everyday, don’t get paid, don’t really sacrifice much to do it. I like it tho

Reading definitely qualifies as a hobby (I'm a big reader myself)!

 

[Paz]

• What is it that you love about this hobby?
• When do you do the Hobby?
• What sacrifices do you make to be able to practice your hobby?
• Are you an amateur? An adept? An expert?
• Are you lucky enough that this hobby is part of your job/income?

•I love mushroom hunting and growing because mushrooms are exciting and are good for cooking, it’s also an extremely sport, because there’s always the slight chance one ends up dying.
•I do the hobby during autumn and winter. Hunting the mushrooms in the fields and forests near my house, and growing them on the lawn or in boxes.
•Sometimes I would miss going to work because I think it’s a better idea to go mushroom hunting.
•I think I’m an adept in my hobby.
•I’m not lucky enough to make it my business, but maybe one day if I become an expert mushroom grower.
•I really like mushrooms and am even kind of an addict. If you ever visit the area, I welcome you to enjoy the mushrooms with me.
The one in the picture is called agaricus brasiliensis.

 

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•I love mushroom hunting and growing because mushrooms are exciting and are good for cooking, it’s also an extremely sport, because there’s always the slight chance one ends up dying.
•I do the hobby during autumn and winter. Hunting the mushrooms in the fields and forests near my house, and growing them on the lawn or in boxes.
•Sometimes I would miss going to work because I think it’s a better idea to go mushroom hunting.
•I think I’m an adept in my hobby.
•I’m not lucky enough to make it my business, but maybe one day if I become an expert mushroom grower.
•I really like mushrooms and am even kind of an addict. If you ever visit the area, I welcome you to enjoy the mushrooms with me.
The one in the picture is called agaricus brasiliensis.

Mushrooms are delicious, but I've never hunted for them. Do you have morels in your area, they are delicious (and apparently somewhat rare)?

 

[Paz]

Mushrooms are delicious, but I've never hunted for them. Do you have morels in your area, they are delicious (and apparently somewhat rare)?

I have found a few, but I don’t think they’re that tasty.

 

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I have found a few, but I don’t think they’re that tasty.

We always breaded & fried them...guess with enough breading & frying, anything will taste good

 

[azurbanclucker]

One of my many hobbies is photography. I do OK at it, and consider myself to be semi-pro (meaning I do occasionally make money off of it but it's not my main income source). To me, a photograph is a memory of a moment in time. A visual document of something I found to be interesting or exciting, or a record of a similar moment in someone else's life (via portraits or event photography). I tend to shy away from people photography and focus more on tings that don't blink or cry, or ask you to make them look less fat in post. Here's a few examples.