Ended Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #15

[casportpony]

(Wait, you’re not the writing type? If you have an idea for an article that you’d like to see someone write, please reply to this thread with an idea for a title and a quick description of what you’d like to see contained in the article.)

How about a "can poultry eat chocolate" article? The article might contain:

• Info about what makes it toxic
• Signs of toxicity
• What to do if they eat it

 

[casportpony]

Author	Article Title
@Silkie Princess	Moving broody hens
@Weeg	Top 15 Chicken Coop Mistakes
@Weeg	What to look out for when adopting new poultry
@Rain the house chicken	How to care for large wounds on chickens
@-Flash-	Why Do Chickens Dust Bathe?
@Jacquej57	Utilizing the Parrot Chop Principle to Improve Chicken Diets
@Jacquej57	Click Your Way to a Well-Trained Chicken
@laneaj	Learning as I go...take 3 coop/run 2021
@BirdsBeesTrees	Assisting Call Duck Hatches
@Pyewacketsmom	My spirit animal is a clucking what?
@All4Eggz	QUAIL for BEGINNERS

Current entries!

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

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Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #15
Contest End Date: March 22nd, 2022 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time​

Short Version:
Write a great article and you could win a great prize & have your article featured on the homepage of BYC!

Detailed Version:
We are constantly amazed at how knowledgeable and helpful our community members are! The BYC forum provides a wonderful opportunity for members to post questions and reply with answers. Unfortunately, a lot of really amazing information can get lost in the super activity on the forum.

Over the years we’ve received a ton of requests to add more articles & FAQ’s to our Learning Center. Our BYC Coop Page Contests have been super successful and now we have over 3000 chicken coop articles in our Chicken Coops section! Hopefully, we can have similar success with this BYC Article Contest!!

This contest is not for coop articles. If you have a coop article, please enter the coop article contest here.

Suggested reading:

• Tips on Writing A Good BYC Article
• Writing an Award Winning BYC Article

The Process:

1. You write an article (or two).
2. Entries accepted until March 22nd, 2022 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
3. Judging starts March 25th.
4. Judging ends April 2nd.
5. Winners announced April 5th.

Prizes

Place	Prize
First	A $100 Brinsea Gift Certificate, a $120 BYC Store Gift Certificate, or two 12-month PFMs ($120 value) for themselves or a friend
Second	A $50 Brinsea Gift Certificate, a $50 BYC Store Gift Certificate, or a 12-month PFM ($60 value) for themselves or a friend
Third	$30 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 6-month PFM ($35 value) for themselves or a friend.
Fourth	$15 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 3-month PFM ($20 value) for themselves or a friend.
Fifth	$15 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 3-month PFM ($20 value) for themselves or a friend.

How To Enter:

1. Pick a poultry-related topic. We suggest writing an article that is not already covered in our Learning Center, but is a topic that would be a good addition to one of the sections in the Learning Center.
2. See here for article/member page/coop page writing tutorial:
3. Create a well-worded & detailed title. Example: “How To Raise & Process Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures” is much better than: “Meat Chickens”
4. Write a unique high-quality article with around 500 words (more is fine as long as it is good/helpful info). It must have at least one picture relative to the subject. Bonus points if you add more pictures.
5. Post a reply to this thread with a link to your completed article(s) - A maximum of Two article submissions per member will be allowed.

Rules:

1. All articles must be written by you and must be unique (do not copy from other sources).
2. Absolutely NO COPYRIGHTED images will be accepted! Please enter only original pictures, taken by you, or someone you know (with their permission).
3. ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
4. Sorry, articles and pages submitted to our previous contests will not count for this contest.
5. All articles must contain accurate information, and must be a minimum of 500 words (shoot for 750+), and should contain pictures relative to the subject matter.
6. Please spell-check and grammar-check your article(s).
7. BYC retains full license of articles submitted.
8. The contest is void where prohibited.
9. For extra bonus points, try to include at least one link at the end of your article to another related article/thread/etc.
10. Open to all BYC members.
11. All BYC rules apply: Terms of Service (Rules).
12. Entries accepted through March 22nd, 2022 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time

Here are some great examples of existing BYC articles:

• Feeding Ducklings Medicated Feed - The Myths and the Truth
• Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
• How Much Room Do Chickens Need?
• Cleaning and storing fresh eggs
• Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day

Here are some article ideas to get you started:

Raising and Processing Ducks for Meat

How to Use Permethrin Spray and Dust on Birds and Coops

Blackhead Disease in Turkeys

When Can Chicks Go Outside?

Past Article Writing Contests
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #14
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #13
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #12
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #11
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #10
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #9 - Write and Win!
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #8 - Write and Win!
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #7 - Write and Win!
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #5 - Write & Win!
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #4
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #3
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #2
Official BYC Article Writing Contest #1
Official BYC "OTHER POULTRY" Article Writing Contest #1
Official BYC DIY Contest #2 - Show us Your Project and Win!
Official BYC DIY Contest #1 - Show us Your Project and Win!

We look forward to your submissions!!
(Wait, you’re not the writing type? If you have an idea for an article that you’d like to see someone write, please reply to this thread with an idea for a title and a quick description of what you’d like to see contained in the article.)

The only article I could write is about falconry!

 

[All4Eggz]

Questions: Does the article have to be chicken related?
Is judging partially based off of article ratings?

 

[Pyxis]

Questions: Does the article have to be chicken related?
Is judging partially based off of article ratings?

No, just poultry related is fine. So if you wanted to write an article about ducks, or pigeons, or quail, etc, those are all accepted.

We don't look at article ratings when we judge, but they can be a good way to get feedback on your article before you enter it! For example, if someone left a rating that said that the formatting of your article could use some work, or suggested adding more pictures, etc, taking those ideas into account and editing your article might make it better quality and get you a better score when judging happens.

 

[All4Eggz]

No, just poultry related is fine. So if you wanted to write an article about ducks, or pigeons, or quail, etc, those are all accepted.

We don't look at article ratings when we judge, but they can be a good way to get feedback on your article before you enter it! For example, if someone left a rating that said that the formatting of your article could use some work, or suggested adding more pictures, etc, taking those ideas into account and editing your article might make it better quality and get you a better score when judging happens.

Will non-poultry related articles be accepted? Possibly about a household pet?

 

[Pyewacketsmom]

The only article I could write is about falconry!

I saw falcon training in a gigantic cage in Monterrey Mexico at the universidad. So cool.

 

[All4Eggz]

Will non-poultry related articles be accepted? Possibly about a household pet?

? Anyone ?
@casportpony @Pyxis

 

[casportpony]

Will non-poultry related articles be accepted? Possibly about a household pet?

? Anyone ?
@casportpony @Pyxis

Sorry, needs to be poultry-related, but maybe we can do a non-poultry article contest later this year.

 

[All4Eggz]

Sorry, needs to be poultry-related, but maybe we can do a non-poultry article contest later this year.

Okay. Thank you.