Ended 2025 BYC Calendar Photo Contest—We Need Your Pictures!

[casportpony]

where do I submit pictures? I cannot see an upload form?

Attach in this thread!

 

[LMat]

Bantam Blue Cochin hen

 

[casportpony]

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• Gill-b
• Aug 13, 2024

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• Gill-b
• Aug 13, 2024

Handsome boy!

 

[casportpony]

Fancy
9 month old Black Copper Maran

Nice looking hen!

 

[casportpony]

Baby poppy, a barred rock mix

Adorable!

 

[LMat]

Cosmo, Bantam Calico Cochin rooster

 

[casportpony]

Entry 2: My little blind EE Gidget hanging out in the snow. She wasn't sure what to think!

Entry 3: Peeper, a seven year old Mottled Java, enjoys some delicious weeds.

Pretty girls!

 

[Poconopixi]

Important - Please Read

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know that all entries are entered into a spreadsheet as they are submitted and that you can check this spreadsheet to see if your entry qualifies.

Entries will be disqualified if:

• The photo cannot be cropped to 3000 x 2000. For more information about this, please see the Cropping Examples below.
• The photo is too small to judge. The photo you upload must be at LEAST 3,000 pixels wide by 2,000 pixels tall. If you aren't sure of your photo's size, use this: Imageonline.co.
• The photo is a screenshot. No screenshots allowed.
• The photo has text, watermarks, datestamps, etc., on them.
• The photo has people in it.
• The photo has been heavily edited. We want to see the world through your eyes, not through the excessive use of editing tools. However, basic cropping and poop removal is allowed.

In the comments section of the sheet, the reason for disqualification is listed.

If your entry has been disqualified, you may enter a replacement, just make a new post, and we will make a note in the spreadsheet.

If you submit four entries, and then find or take a better photo, you can replace one of the existing entries by posting the new photo and informing us of the replacement.

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Cropping Examples.​

New for this year! Photos in the portrait format will be accepted if they can be cropped. Below are examples of photos that can and cannot be cropped to fit the template.


This photo was used in the 2021 Calendar.


This can be cropped because all of the rooster is in the template.

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This photo was used in the 2022 Calendar.


This can be cropped because all of the chick is in the template.

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This cannot be cropped because the comb & wattles extend past the edge of the template:

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This cannot be cropped because the comb & toes extend past the edge of the template:

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This is an image we might consider if it's well-focused, well-composed, and aesthetically pleasing.

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Hope this helps!

 

[casportpony]

Chicken pool party, featuring (from left to right):
Teddy, EE 21-22 weeks old
Edna, EE same age
Midnight, Australorp/EE mix 19-20 weeks old
Red, EE same age as other EE
Trina, 17-18 week old Blue Laced Wyandotte

Sunny and Dawn, my 18 week old Olive Eggers. They are an inseparable pair.

Getting ready for bed on a hot summer evening.
Left to right:
Edna, Pearl, and Beatrice
All 22 week old EEs

Nice looking flock!

 

[casportpony]

Hard to believe this was only a few short weeks ago. 5 babies napping under a strawberry plant with Magrat and Sybil front and center

Cute!