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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    ~~~Crawlinnnnnng in my skinnnnnnnnnnnnnn~~~
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    Spontaneous Mutations? Split-Comb, Tassle, All-White?

    Another update: his half-brother returned, and also has the split comb! I named him Candy Corn. Aside from being an automatic DQ for breeds with SOPs, are there any health drawbacks to split combs for long-term breeding projects? Like, would this eventually result in two-headed chicks? 🫠😂 I...
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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    She's definitely mooning me!!!! 😂
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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    ABSOLUTELY! She's a nutbar. Plucked her ENTIRE midriff bare when she was broody. Not just a belly patch, her sides and BACK too! I like sharing this pic of as a 'not an entry' because it's not moulting, but she definitely looks great in a 2-piece. She did great rearing those chicks.
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    Ended Feathers of Fall Photo Contest

    Entry 1 Candy Corn says "Happy Fall, y'all!"
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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    Sure doesn't. She swung on him right after that picture! Poor guy didn't know WHAT was going on. 😂
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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    Oooooh whee! She's a contender!
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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    Ah, I waited too late to edit! Here are more pics of Jolene being scruffy. She is CRANKY! Watch out, Jazz Hands, she's gonna beat you up! 😂
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    Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

    Entry 1: Name: Jolene Breed: Fayoumi/Starlight Green Egger mix This is what she gets for taking Dolly's man! More pics to come in the next day or so.
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    Ended Non-APA/ABA Large Fowl Hen Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    @casportpony -- will there be admin review of the entries to see if they are APA? I know some color varieties aren't recognized, and I don't want to see some of the pretty ladies be dq'd for being in the wronge category
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    Ended Artwork Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Oh! I realize that something I did recently qualifies! Here is an illustration of a male and female Bielefelder chicks, showing their auto-sexing colors. The little girl's face is overworked, but I'm pleased with it as a first effort after YEARS. Medium: Prismacolor pencils on paper Size: ~ 6"x 6"
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    Egyptian Fayoumis Thread!

    Newcastle and coccidia! I have been corresponding with a retired professor from the ISU lab that originally imported the flock. She confirmed that the hatchery with the most direct lineage to those birds is McMurray.
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    Egyptian Fayoumis Thread!

    Here's mine. No, not THAT chicken, the OTHER one.
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    Ended Non-APA/ABA Large Fowl Rooster Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Great photography on this fella!
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    Ended Non-APA/ABA Large Fowl Rooster Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Ahhhh I can't stand it I'm entering him! Entry #1 Robert J. Oppenheimer Breed: Bielefelder Color: Gold/Buff Crele Age: 5 years old Sex: Male Conformation pic. headshot Enjoying some winter sunlight. Helping the ladies take a break from brooding
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