Ended BYC's 2022 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Pumpkin Carving Contest

[Tookie]

The judges have finished judging, and we have our winners!

This year we decided to have two categories, one for poultry-themed carvings, and one for traditional carvings.

Poultry Carvings
@K0k0shka, @Tookie, @floricik, & @MysteryChicken​

First Place - @K0k0shka


Second Place - @Tookie


Third Place - @floricik


Fourth Place - @MysteryChicken

Traditional Carvings
@Alyssa-Bee, @shawluvsbirds, @Cinnaminute, & @MamaWolf7
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First Place - @Alyssa-Bee


Second Place - @shawluvsbirds


Third Place - @Cinnaminute


Fourth Place - @MamaWolf7


@K0k0shka,@Tookie, @floricik,@MysteryChicken, @Alyssa-Bee, @shawluvsbirds, @Cinnaminute, & @MamaWolf7, I will send you instructions on how to claim your prizes momentarily!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who participated. This contest wouldn't have been possible without all of your entries!!!!

Great job, everyone, this was so much fun!!

~ Shout out to all the judges who took the time to judge all the contests. I know they were incredibly difficult to judge, and I appreciate all of you! ~

And THANK YOU to our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them)

Yay! Thank you! Congrats to the other winners!

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

The judges have finished judging, and we have our winners!

This year we decided to have two categories, one for poultry-themed carvings, and one for traditional carvings.

Poultry Carvings
@K0k0shka, @Tookie, @floricik, & @MysteryChicken​

First Place - @K0k0shka


Second Place - @Tookie


Third Place - @floricik


Fourth Place - @MysteryChicken

Traditional Carvings
@Alyssa-Bee, @shawluvsbirds, @Cinnaminute, & @MamaWolf7
​

First Place - @Alyssa-Bee


Second Place - @shawluvsbirds


Third Place - @Cinnaminute


Fourth Place - @MamaWolf7


@K0k0shka,@Tookie, @floricik,@MysteryChicken, @Alyssa-Bee, @shawluvsbirds, @Cinnaminute, & @MamaWolf7, I will send you instructions on how to claim your prizes momentarily!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who participated. This contest wouldn't have been possible without all of your entries!!!!

Great job, everyone, this was so much fun!!

~ Shout out to all the judges who took the time to judge all the contests. I know they were incredibly difficult to judge, and I appreciate all of you! ~

And THANK YOU to our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them)

Congrats, everyone!

Especially my friend @Tookie!

 

[MamaWolf7]

Thank you for the win! Living so far north, my pumpkin froze before I carved it, so I had to carve it still frozen. If I let it thaw it would have gone mushy. My hands were sooooooo cold! When I put in the light, it glistened off the ice crystals making the evil grin that much more evil looking!

 

[Tookie]

Congrats, everyone!

Especially my friend @Tookie!

Awww thanks Hank!

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Awww thanks Hank!

Welch corn!

 

[tripletfeb]

Congrats winners!

 

[Summer_]

The judges have finished judging, and we have our winners!

This year we decided to have two categories, one for poultry-themed carvings, and one for traditional carvings.

Poultry Carvings
@K0k0shka, @Tookie, @floricik, & @MysteryChicken​

First Place - @K0k0shka


Second Place - @Tookie


Third Place - @floricik


Fourth Place - @MysteryChicken

Traditional Carvings
@Alyssa-Bee, @shawluvsbirds, @Cinnaminute, & @MamaWolf7
​

First Place - @Alyssa-Bee


Second Place - @shawluvsbirds


Third Place - @Cinnaminute


Fourth Place - @MamaWolf7


@K0k0shka,@Tookie, @floricik,@MysteryChicken, @Alyssa-Bee, @shawluvsbirds, @Cinnaminute, & @MamaWolf7, I will send you instructions on how to claim your prizes momentarily!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who participated. This contest wouldn't have been possible without all of your entries!!!!

Great job, everyone, this was so much fun!!

~ Shout out to all the judges who took the time to judge all the contests. I know they were incredibly difficult to judge, and I appreciate all of you! ~

And THANK YOU to our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them)

congrats peoples!

 

[K0k0shka]

Wow, I am honored, thank you! Yay chicken butt

Congrats to everybody else as well! This was such a fun contest!

 

[K0k0shka]

Thank you for the win! Living so far north, my pumpkin froze before I carved it, so I had to carve it still frozen. If I let it thaw it would have gone mushy. My hands were sooooooo cold! When I put in the light, it glistened off the ice crystals making the evil grin that much more evil looking!

Wow, what did it feel like to carve a frozen pumpkin? Was it harder or easier to do than a non-frozen one? And where do you live that it froze so deeply so early? The ice crystals look really cool in the glow of the light

 

[MamaWolf7]

Wow, what did it feel like to carve a frozen pumpkin? Was it harder or easier to do than a non-frozen one? And where do you live that it froze so deeply so early? The ice crystals look really cool in the glow of the light

I was expecting it to be harder, but really it wasn't any harder than a non-frozen pumpkin using a finely seraded blade. I don't think surface carving would have been possible. It was just really cold and I had to work fast so it didn't thaw out.

I live in Yukon Canada, about 100 miles east of the Alaska border. It makes for selective chicken keeping. My breeds must be larger with smaller combs. I have to use straw for winter bedding as other options are not warm enough. I can't have too many chickens as they spend several months almost entirely in the coop, but need to have enough to keep them warm. Have to keep a good quality enclosed heated waterer (an open waterer creates too much condensation at -40 and freezes the coop doors closed + causes frost bite on the combs). Have to collect eggs several times a day or else they will freeze and crack...